Leviticus 10:1

New International Reader's Version

Nadab and Abihu were two of Aaron’s sons. They got their shallow cups for burning incense. They put fire in them. They added incense to it. They made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. They did it against his command.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:38

The fire of the Lord came down. It burned up the sacrifice. It burned up the wood and the stones and the soil. It even dried up the water in the ditch.

Psalm 141:2

May my prayer come to you like the sweet smell of incense. When I lift up my hands in prayer, may it be like the evening sacrifice.

Exodus 24:1

The Lord said to Moses, “You and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and 70 of the elders of Israel must come to worship the Lord. Do not come close when you worship.

Exodus 24:9

Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the 70 elders of Israel went up.

Exodus 27:3

Make everything for the altar out of bronze. Make its pots to remove the ashes. Make its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and pans for carrying ashes.

Exodus 28:1

“Have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites. His sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar must also be brought. They will serve me as priests.

Exodus 31:11

the anointing oil and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Room “The skilled workers must make them just as I commanded you.”

Exodus 37:29

They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, sweet-smelling incense. A person who makes perfume made them.

Exodus 38:3

They made all its tools out of bronze. They made its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and pans for carrying ashes.

Exodus 40:27

He burned sweet-smelling incense on it. Moses did it as the Lord had commanded him.

Exodus 6:23

Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon. She had Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar by Aaron.

Exodus 8:27

We have to take a journey that lasts about three days. We want to go into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, just as he commands us.”

Jeremiah 19:5

They have built the high places where they worship Baal. There they sacrifice their children in the fire as offerings to Baal. That is something I did not command or talk about. It did not even enter my mind.

Jeremiah 32:35

The people built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. That is where they sacrifice their children to Molek in the fire. That is something I did not command. It did not even enter my mind. They did something I hate. They made Judah sin.”

Jeremiah 44:15

All the Jews who were living in Lower and Upper Egypt gathered to give Jeremiah their answer. A large crowd had come together. It included men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods. Their wives were there with them. All of them said to Jeremiah,

Jeremiah 44:8

Why do you want to make me angry with the gods your hands have made? Why do you burn incense to the gods of Egypt, where you now live? You will destroy yourselves. All the nations on earth will use your name as a curse. They will say you are shameful.

Jeremiah 7:31

The people have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. There they worship other gods. And there they sacrifice their children in the fire. That is something I did not command. It did not even enter my mind.

Leviticus 16:1

The Lord spoke to Moses after two of Aaron’s sons had died. They were the sons who died when they came near the Lord.

Leviticus 16:12

He must take a shallow cup full of burning coals from the altar in my sight. He must get two handfuls of incense completely ground up. The incense must smell sweet. He must take the cup and the incense behind the curtain.

Leviticus 22:9

“ ‘The priests must do what I require. But suppose they make fun of what I require. Then they will become guilty and die. I am the Lord. I make them holy.

Leviticus 9:24

The Lord sent fire on the altar. The fire burned up the burnt offering along with the fat parts. All the people saw it. Then they shouted for joy. They fell with their faces to the ground.

Numbers 16:46

Moses said to Aaron, “Take your incense cup. Put incense in it. And put burning coals from the altar in it. Then hurry to the people and pay for their sin. The Lord has begun to show his anger. The plague has started.”

Numbers 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu made an offering to the Lord by using fire that wasn’t allowed. So they died.

Numbers 4:18

“Make sure that the Kohath families are not destroyed from among the Levites.

Deuteronomy 12:32

Be sure you do everything I am commanding you to do. Do not add anything to my commands. And do not take anything away from them.

Deuteronomy 17:3

The person might have worshiped or bowed down to other gods. That person might have bowed down to the sun or moon or stars in the sky. I have commanded you not to do these things.

Deuteronomy 4:2

Don’t add to what I’m commanding you. Don’t subtract from it either. Instead, obey the commands of the Lord your God that I’m giving you.

Hebrews 9:4

It had the golden altar for incense. It also had the wooden chest called the ark of the covenant. The ark was covered with gold. It held the gold jar of manna. It held Aaron’s walking stick that had budded. It also held the stone tablets. The words of the covenant were written on them.