Thematic Bible: Abihu


Thematic Bible



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 and unholy fire before the Lord, as He had not commanded them. And there came forth fire from before the Lord and killed them, and they died before the Lord.

But Nadab and Abihu died [in the presence of God] when they offered [in their ceremonial censers] strange [unholy, unacceptable, unauthorized] fire before the Lord. Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentBurning Sacrifices

Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she gave birth to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Verse ConceptsAaron, Ancestry And GenealogyNamed Sisters

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Verse ConceptsFirstborn Sons

“Now bring your brother Aaron near, and his sons with him from among the sons of Israel, so that he may serve as priest to Me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServanthood, And Worship Of GodAaron, As High PriestMinisters, Description OfTypes Of Christ

Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up [the mountainside], Verse ConceptsAaron, PrivilegesGoing Up MountainsSeventiesThe Elderly

But Nadab and Abihu died in the presence of the Lord when they offered strange (unholy, unacceptable, inappropriate) fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence and under the supervision of Aaron their father. Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentBurning SacrificesDying In The Desert