Numbers 3:4 - Tree of Life Version

⁴ But Nadab and Abihu died before Adonai for offering unauthorized fire before Adonai in the Sinai wilderness—they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as kohanim under 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

Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Numbers 16:35

Fire also came out from Adonai and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.

Numbers 19:3

Give her to Eleazar the kohen. He will take her outside the camp and slaughter her in his presence.

Numbers 20:25

Take Aaron and his son Eleazar, and take them up Mount Hor.

Numbers 26:61

However, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered sacrifices with unauthorized fire before Adonai.

Numbers 3:5

Then Adonai spoke to Moses saying,