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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Gill's Exposition
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron,.... His two eldest sons, as seems from Exo 6:23,
took either of them his censer; a vessel in which coals of fire were put, and incense upon them, and burnt…
Barnes' Notes
Nadab and Abihu - The two elder sons of Aaron Exo 6:23; Num 3:2, who were among those invited to accompany Moses when he was going up Mount Sinai, but who were “to worship afar off,” and not “come…
Adam Clarke
And Nadab and Abihu - took either of them his censer - The manner of burning incense in the temple service was, according to the Jews, as follows: -
"One went and gathered the ashes from off the…
Here is, I. The great sin that Nadab and Abihu were guilty of: and a great sin we must call it, how little soever it appears in our eye, because it is evident by the punishment of it that it was…
(3) The first priestly transgression and its punishment(1 7)
1. Nadab and Abihu were specially chosen to -come up unto the Lord" with Moses, Aaron and the 70 elders (Exo 24:1; Exo 24:9-11, the only…
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