The Death of Nadab and Abihu

10 Now ^(A)Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, ^(B)each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered ^(C)unauthorized^[a] fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.

^61 (A)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.

¹² And he shall take ^(A)a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil

^32 [a] “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. ^(A)You shall not add to it or take from it.

⁴⁶ And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for ^(A)wrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.”

The Covenant Confirmed

24 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, ^(A)Nadab, and Abihu, and ^(B)seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.

²³ Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of ^(A)Amminadab and the sister of ^(B)Nahshon, and she bore him ^(C)Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁹ They shall therefore keep my charge, ^(A)lest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: ^(B)I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

The Priests' Garments

28 “Then bring near to you ^(A)Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, ^(B)Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.