Thematic Bible: Abihu


Thematic Bible



Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD. Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentBurning Sacrifices

Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Verse ConceptsAaron, Ancestry And GenealogyNamed Sisters

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

"Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests--Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualPriests, Function In Ot TimesPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServanthood, And Worship Of GodAaron, As High PriestMinisters, Description OfTypes Of Christ

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

But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father. Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentBurning SacrificesDying In The Desert

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