Then he said to Moses, ‘Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and bow in worship at a distance.
1 Chronicles 24:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. American Standard Version (1901) But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office. Common English Bible Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, without having sons, and so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Catholic Public Domain Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But Nadab and Abiu died before their father, and had no children: so Eleazar and Ithamar did the office of the priesthood. |
Then he said to Moses, ‘Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders, and bow in worship at a distance.
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders,
Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. She bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Moses spoke to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: ‘Take the grain offering that is left over from the food offerings to the Lord, and eat it prepared without yeast beside the altar, because it is especially holy.
Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but an unauthorised person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.’
but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorised fire before the Lord.
These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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.