Numbers 3:4
And 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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord,...., By flaming fire, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, see Lev 10:2; and so were not alive at this time when the account of the priests and Levites was taken:…
Here, I. The family of Aaron is confirmed in the priests' office, Num 3:10. They had been called to it before, and consecrated; here they are appointed to wait on their priests' office: the apostle…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The incident here referred to is related in Lev 10:1-7. The meaning of -strange fire" is uncertain. Either the incense which they burnt was not made in accordance with the divine prescription (given…