Numbers 3:4 - The Scriptures 2009

And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu had died before יהוה when they brought strange fire before יהוה in the Wilderness of Sinai. And they had no children. So El‛azar and Ithamar acted as priests in the presence of Aharon their father.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But 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. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence and under the supervision of Aaron their father. [Lev. 10:1-4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.

Common English Bible

Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they made an unauthorized offering to the LORD in the Sinai desert. They didn’t have any sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Nadab and Abihu died without children, when they offered, in the sight of the Lord, a strange fire, in the desert of Sinai. And so, Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the sight of Aaron, their father.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.

Numbers 3:4 Cross References

1 Chronicles 24:1

And the divisions of the sons of Aharon: The sons of Aharon were Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu, El‛azar and Ithamar.

Numbers 16:35

And a fire came out from יהוה and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

Numbers 19:3

And you shall give it to El‛azar the priest, and he shall bring it outside the camp, and shall slay it before him.

Numbers 20:25

Take Aharon and El‛azar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor,”

Numbers 26:61

And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu died when they brought strange fire before יהוה.

Numbers 3:5

And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,