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Leviticus 10:1

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AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
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  1. Numbers 26:61Rank 1 from verse 1
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    61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.

  2. Deuteronomy 12:32Rank 2 from verse 1
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    32What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

  3. Leviticus 16:12Rank 3 from verse 1
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    12And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

  4. Numbers 16:46Rank 4 from verse 1
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    46¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.

  5. Exodus 24:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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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.

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Leviticus 10:1

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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therein

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In, within, during, or concerning that place, person, thing, condition, time, or matter previously mentioned.

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incense

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An aromatic substance or compounded preparation burned in worship or as an offering, producing fragrant smoke.

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offered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of offer, meaning to present, bring, give, propose, or attempt.

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

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strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

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before

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

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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10:1AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

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10:2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

10:4And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

10:5So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

10:6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled.

10:7And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

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