Numbers 26:61

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֥מָת נָדָ֖ב וַאֲבִיה֑וּא בְּהַקְרִיבָ֥ם אֵשׁ־זָרָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And yāmot nādāb and ʾăbîhûʾ when they haqrîbām ʾēsh-zārâ before YHWH.

Grammar Details

*wa*: conjunction - and
*yāmot*: verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with consecutive waw - and he died
*nādāb*: proper noun - Nadab
*ʾăbîhûʾ*: proper noun - Abihu
*bə*: preposition - when/during
*haqrîbām*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their offering
*ʾēsh*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*zārâ*: adjective, feminine singular - strange/foreign
*li-p̄nê*: preposition + plural construct noun - before/in front of
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh

Word Meanings

*yāmot*: died/perished/was killed
*haqrîbām*: their offering/their presenting/their bringing near
*ʾēsh-zārâ*: strange fire/unauthorized fire/foreign fire
*li-p̄nê*: before/in the presence of/in front of

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 10:1-2 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Num 3:4 : 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
1 Chr 24:1-2 : 1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Lev 10:1-3
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1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
2And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
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1 Chr 24:1-2
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1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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1And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died;
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40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
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