Numbers 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire ¹  before the Lord.

biblegateway Num 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu died when they made an offering before the LORD with unauthorised fire.)

biblegateway Num 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

biblegateway Num 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the LORD a different kind of fire than he had commanded.

biblegateway Num 26:61

however, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized sacrifice in the presence of GOD.

SABDAweb Num 26:61

Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.

bibleoremus Num 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered illicit fire before the LORD.

biblegateway Num 26:61

And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the LORD.

biblegateway Num 26:61

But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire ¹  before the Lord.

¹ tn The expression אֵשׁ זָרָה (’esh zarah, “strange fire”) seems imprecise and has been interpreted numerous ways (see the helpful summary in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC 4], 132-33). The infraction may have involved any of the following or a combination thereof: (1) using coals from some place other than the burnt offering altar (i.e., “unauthorized coals” according to J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:598; cf. Lev 16:12 and cf. “unauthorized person” [אִישׁ זָר, ’ish zar] in Num 16:40 [17:5 HT], NASB “layman”), (2) using the wrong kind of incense (cf. the Exod 30:9 regulation against “strange incense” [קְטֹרֶת זָרָה, qÿtoret zarah] on the incense altar and the possible connection to Exod 30:34-38), (3) performing an incense offering at an unprescribed time (B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 59), or (4) entering the Holy of Holies at an inappropriate time (Lev 16:1-2).

¹ sn This event is narrated in Lev 10:1-7.