Numbers 3:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ But Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence when they presented unauthorised fire  before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

Numbers 19:3

Give it to the priest Eleazar,  and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

Numbers 20:25

Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up Mount Hor.

Numbers 26:61

but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorised fire before the Lord.

Numbers 3:5

The Lord spoke to Moses: