² So fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and burned them up, and they died there before the Lord.

⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the Lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.

³⁵ Then fire blazed forth from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.

²⁴ Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.

³ These sons of Aaron were anointed and ordained to minister as priests. ⁴ But Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence in the wilderness of Sinai when they burned before the Lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. Since they had no sons, this left only Eleazar and Ithamar to serve as priests with their father, Aaron.

⁷ Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this.^[a] So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.

¹¹ These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age.

¹⁰ Instantly, she fell to the floor and died. When the young men came in and saw that she was dead, they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

⁵ As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.