But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office.
Numbers 16:39 - Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, by which those whom the burning devoured had made an offering, and he formed them into plates, affixing them to the altar, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers with which the Levites who were burned had offered incense, and they were hammered into broad sheets for a covering of the [brazen] altar [of burnt offering], American Standard Version (1901) And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, Common English Bible Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers presented by those who had been consumed by fire and hammered them into a covering for the altar, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured: and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar: English Standard Version 2016 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, |
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office.
withstood the king, and they said: "It is not your office, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord; rather, it is the office of the priests, that is, of the sons of Aaron, who have been consecrated for this same ministry. Depart from the sanctuary, otherwise you will be in contempt. For this act will not be reputed to you for your glory by the Lord God."
These sought the writing of their genealogy, and they did not find it, and so they were cast out of the priesthood.
in the deaths of these sinners. And let him form them into plates, and affix them to the altar, because incense had been offered in them to the Lord, and they were sanctified, and so that the sons of Israel may discern in them a sign and a memorial."
so that the sons of Israel would have, thereafter, something to admonish them, lest any stranger, or anyone who is not of the offspring of Aaron, might approach to offer incense to the Lord, and lest he endure what happened to Korah, and to all his congregation, when the Lord spoke to Moses.