Nadab and Abihu

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Illustration of the sin of Nadab and Abihu, from a 1907 Bible card

In the Book of Exodus and Book of Numbers, Nadab (Hebrew: נדב, Nadav ; "generous, giving") and Abihu (Hebrew: אביהוא, Avihu ; "He God is my father") were respectively the eldest and second-eldest of the sons of Aaron.^[1][2][3] They were consecrated to the priest's office along with their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar.^[4] With their father, Nadab and Abihu accompanied the seventy elders part of the way up the mount with Moses.^[5]

Following the inauguration of the Tabernacle, Nadab and Abihu offered incense in their censers filled with "strange" fire, i.e., not with holy fire taken from the great brazen altar,^{[6][not in citation given]} and for this offense they were immediately consumed by a fire from God, and were taken out and buried outside the camp.^{[7][8][not in citation given]}

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• This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.

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