The Death of Nadab and Abihu

10 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu^(A) took their censers,^(B) put fire in them^(C) and added incense;^(D) and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord,^(E) contrary to his command.^(F)

² So fire came out^(A) from the presence of the Lord and consumed them,^(B) and they died before the Lord.^(C)

³ Those were the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests,^(A) who were ordained to serve as priests.

⁴ Nadab and Abihu, however, died before the Lord^(A) when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai.^(B) They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar^(C) served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.^(D)

² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did,^(A) and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests.