Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, will take each his censer, and give in them fire, and put upon it incense, and bring before Jehovah strange fire, which he commanded them not

New American Standard Bible

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own firepan, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and presented unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them to do.

International Standard Version

Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own censer, placed fire in it, covered it with incense, and brought it into the LORD's presence as unauthorized fire that he had never prescribed for them.

A Conservative Version

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each of them took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before LORD, which he had not commanded them.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the Lord, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.

Bible in Basic English

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

Darby Translation

And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and presented strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.

King James 2000

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense thereon, and offered unholy fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu each took his censer, and they put fire in them and placed incense on it; then they presented {before} Yahweh illegitimate fire, which he had not commanded them.

Modern King James verseion

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put cense upon; and brought strange fire before the LORD: which he commanded them not.

NET Bible

Then Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do.

New Heart English Bible

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them.

The Emphasized Bible

Then Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, took each man his censer and placed therein fire, and put thereon incense, - and brought near before Yahweh strange fire, which he had not commanded them.

Webster

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

World English Bible

Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, take each his censer, and put in them fire, and put on it perfume, and bring near before Jehovah strange fire, which He hath not commanded them;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Nadab
נדב 
Nadab 
Usage: 20

and Abihu
H30
אביהוּא 
'Abiyhuw' 
Usage: 12

of Aaron
אהרון 
'Aharown 
Usage: 347

לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

מחתּה 
Machtah 
Usage: 22

and put
נתן 
Nathan 
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 2011
Usage: 580

אשׁ 
'esh 
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378
Usage: 378

הן 
hen 
Usage: 16

קטרת 
Q@toreth 
Usage: 60

קרב 
Qarab 
Usage: 280

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

the Lord

Usage: 0

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

Context Readings

The Deaths Of Nadab And Abihu

1 And Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, will take each his censer, and give in them fire, and put upon it incense, and bring before Jehovah strange fire, which he commanded them not 2 And fire will come forth from before Jehovah, and will consume them, and they will die before Jehovah.


Cross References

Leviticus 16:12

And he took a fire pan full of coals of fire from the altar from before Jehovah, and he filled his hands with incense of aromatics beaten small, and brought within the vail:

Numbers 26:61

And Nadab will die, and Abihu, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah.

Exodus 24:1

And he said to Moses, Come up to Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel; and worship from far off.

Numbers 16:46

And Moses will say to Aaron, Take a censer and give upon it fire from off the altar, and put incense, and go quickly to the assembly, and expiate for them: for anger went forth from before Jehovah; for it began smiting.

Exodus 6:23

And Aaron will take Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to him for a wife; and she will bare to him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Exodus 24:9

And Moses will go up, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy from the old men of Israel

Exodus 28:1

And thou, bring thou Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for him to be a priest to me, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, sons of Aaron.

Leviticus 16:1

And Jehovah will speak to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, in their bringing near before Jehovah, and they shall die.

Exodus 27:3

And make pots for its ashes, and its shovels, and its vessels, and its flesh hooks, and its fire pans: and for all its vessels, thou shalt make brass.

Exodus 30:1-9

And make an altar for burning incense: of acacia wood shalt thou make it

Exodus 30:34-36

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Take to thee aromatics, resin, and onycha, and galbanum; aromatics and pure frankincense: it shall be part for part

Exodus 31:11

The oil of anointing, and the incense of aromatics for the holy place: according to all which I commanded thee they shall do.

Exodus 37:29

And he will make the holy oil of anointing and the pure incense of aromatics, the work of the perfumer.

Exodus 38:3

And he will make all the vessels of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the vases and the forks, and the fire pans; all its vessels he made of brass.

Exodus 40:27

And he will burn upon it incense of aromatics; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:24

And fire will come forth from before Jehovah, and will consume upon the altar the burnt-offering, and the fat: and they will shout and fall upon their faces.

Leviticus 22:9

And they watched my watches, and they bore not sin upon it, and they died when they profaned it: I Jehovah consecrating them.

Numbers 3:2-4

And these the names of the sons of Aaron: the first-born Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 16:6-7

This do ye: take to you censers, Korah and all his assembly:

Numbers 16:16-18

And Moses will say to Korah, Be thou and all thine assembly before Jehovah, thou and they, and Aaron, to-morrow:

Deuteronomy 4:2

Ye shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, and ye shall not take away from it., to watch the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Every word which I command you, ye shall watch to do it: thou shalt not add upon it, and thou shalt not take away from it

Deuteronomy 17:3

And he will go and serve other gods and will worship to them, and to the sun or to the moon, or to any of the army of the heavens, which I commanded not;

1 Kings 13:1-2

And behold a man of God came out of Judah in the word of Jehovah to the house of God; and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

2 Chronicles 26:16-20

And in his being strong his heart was lifted up even to destruction: for he will transgress against Jehovah his God, and come in to the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Psalm 141:2

My prayer shall be prepared incense before thee; the lifting up my hands the gift of the evening.

Jeremiah 7:31

And they built heights to Tophet which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in fire; which I commanded not, and it came not upon my heart.

Jeremiah 19:5

And they built the heights of Baal to burn their sons with fire, burnt-offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, and I spake not, and it came not up upon my heart.

Jeremiah 32:35

And they will build the heights of Baal which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I commanded them not; and it came not up upon my heart to do this abomination to cause Judah to sin.

Jeremiah 44:8

For your irritating me with the works of your hands, to burn incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where ye go to sojourn there, to cut off to you, and for your being for a curse and for a reproach in all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 44:15

And they will answer Jeremiah, all the men knowing that their wives burn incense to other gods, and all the women standing, a great convocation, and all the people dwelling in the land of Egypt in Pathros, saying,

Jeremiah 44:19-21

And when we burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and pour out libations to her, did we without our men make cakes to her, to serve her, and pour out libations to her?

Luke 1:9-11

According to the custom of the priesthood, he drew lots to burn incense, having entered into the temple of the Lord.

Hebrews 9:4

Having the golden censer, and ark of the covenant surrounded on all sides with gold, in which was the golden urn having the manna, and Aaron's rod having budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Revelation 8:3-5

And another angel came and was placed by the altar, having a golden censer; and many perfumes were given him, that he might give to the prayers of the holy upon the golden altar before the throne.

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