Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Bible References

Censer

Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil
Exodus 27:3
You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You shall make all its utensils of bronze.
Exodus 38:3
And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its utensils of bronze.
Numbers 16:6
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
Hebrews 9:4
having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

Put incense

Exodus 30:1
"You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.
Exodus 31:11
and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you, they shall do."
Exodus 37:29
He made the holy anointing oil also, and the pure fragrant incense, blended as by the perfumer.
Exodus 40:27
and burned fragrant incense on it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
1 Kings 13:1
And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
2 Chronicles 26:16
But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction. For he was unfaithful to the LORD his God and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Psalm 141:2
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice!
Jeremiah 44:8
Why do you provoke me to anger with the works of your hands, making offerings to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have come to live, so that you may be cut off and become a curse and a taunt among all the nations of the earth?
Luke 1:9
according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
Revelation 8:3
And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne,

Strange

Leviticus 9:24
And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil
Numbers 16:18
So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

General references

Exodus 30:9
You shall not offer unauthorized incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering, and you shall not pour a drink offering on it.
Leviticus 16:1
The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the LORD and died,
Numbers 16:6
Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company;
Numbers 26:61
But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
Acts 5:1
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,

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