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)

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61 But Nadab and Abihu(A) died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)(B)

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12 He is to take a censer full of burning coals(A) from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense(B) and take them behind the curtain.

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32 See that you do all I command you; do not add(A) to it or take away from it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 12:32 In Hebrew texts this verse (12:32) is numbered 13:1.

46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer(A) and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly(B) to make atonement(C) for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord;(D) the plague(E) has started.”

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The Covenant Confirmed

24 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron,(A) Nadab and Abihu,(B) and seventy of the elders(C) of Israel. You are to worship at a distance,

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May my prayer be set before you like incense;(A)
    may the lifting up of my hands(B) be like the evening sacrifice.(C)

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“‘The priests are to perform my service(A) in such a way that they do not become guilty(B) and die(C) for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.(D)

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The Priestly Garments

28 “Have Aaron(A) your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu,(B) Eleazar and Ithamar,(C) so they may serve me as priests.(D)

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Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders(A) of Israel went up

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16 But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride(A) led to his downfall.(B) He was unfaithful(C) to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense(D) on the altar of incense. 17 Azariah(E) the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the Lord followed him in. 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests,(F) the descendants(G) of Aaron,(H) who have been consecrated to burn incense.(I) Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the Lord God.”

19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the Lord’s temple, leprosy[a](J) broke out on his forehead. 20 When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the Lord had afflicted him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:19 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 20, 21 and 23.

The Day of Atonement(A)

16 The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the Lord.(B)

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24 Fire(A) came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.(B)

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Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls,(A) meat forks and firepans.(B)

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Another angel,(A) who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people,(B) on the golden altar(C) in front of the throne. The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God(D) from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar,(E) and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder,(F) rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.(G)

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which had the golden altar of incense(A) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(B) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(C) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(D) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(E)

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he was chosen by lot,(A) according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.(B) 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.(C)

11 Then an angel(D) of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.(E)

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19 The women added, “When we burned incense(A) to the Queen of Heaven(B) and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands(C) know that we were making cakes(D) impressed with her image(E) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”

20 Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, 21 “Did not the Lord remember(F) and call to mind the incense(G) burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem(H) by you and your ancestors,(I) your kings and your officials and the people of the land?(J)

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15 Then all the men who knew that their wives(A) were burning incense(B) to other gods, along with all the women(C) who were present—a large assembly—and all the people living in Lower and Upper Egypt,(D) said to Jeremiah,

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Why arouse my anger with what your hands have made,(A) burning incense(B) to other gods in Egypt,(C) where you have come to live?(D) You will destroy yourselves and make yourselves a curse[a] and an object of reproach(E) among all the nations on earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 44:8 That is, your name will be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, others will see that you are cursed; also in verse 12; similarly in verse 22.

35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(A) to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molek,(B) though I never commanded—nor did it enter my mind(C)—that they should do such a detestable(D) thing and so make Judah sin.(E)

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They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children(A) in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.(B)

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31 They have built the high places of Topheth(A) in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(B) to burn their sons and daughters(C) in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.(D)

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The Man of God From Judah

13 By the word of the Lord a man of God(A) came from Judah to Bethel,(B) as Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make an offering. By the word of the Lord he cried out against the altar: “Altar, altar! This is what the Lord says: ‘A son named Josiah(C) will be born to the house of David. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places(D) who make offerings here, and human bones will be burned on you.’”

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