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1 Chronicles 24:2

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But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
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  1. Leviticus 10:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

  2. Numbers 3:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

  3. Numbers 26:61Rank 3 from verse 2
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    61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.

  4. Exodus 24:1Rank 4 from verse 2
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    1AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

  5. Exodus 24:9Rank 5 from verse 2
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    9¶ Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

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1 Chronicles 24:2

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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executed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of execute, meaning to carry out, perform, or put into effect, especially a judgment or command.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

priest

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One appointed to sacred service, ministering in things pertaining to God or a deity, especially by offering gifts or sacrifices.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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24:1NOW these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

24:2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

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24:3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

24:4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

24:5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

24:6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

24:7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

24:8The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

24:9The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

24:10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

24:11The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

24:12The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

24:13The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

24:14The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

24:15The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

24:16The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

24:17The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

24:18The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

24:19These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

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