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Numbers 26:61
61But Nadab and Abihu died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)
Numbers 26:61 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the Lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded.
Context of Numbers 26:61
59the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam. 60Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.) 62All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance among them. 63These are the ones counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
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וַיָּ֥מָת נָדָ֖ב וַאֲבִיה֑וּא בְּהַקְרִיבָ֥ם אֵשׁ־זָרָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 26:61
- Numbers 1:49“You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
- Numbers 3:39The total number of Levites counted at the Lord’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.
- Numbers 4:27All their service, whether carrying or doing other work, is to be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You shall assign to them as their responsibility all they are to carry.
- Numbers 18:20The Lord said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any share among them; I am your share and your inheritance among the Israelites.
- Numbers 35:2“Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.
- Deuteronomy 10:9That is why the Levites have no share or inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance, as the Lord your God told them.)
- Deuteronomy 14:27And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.
- Deuteronomy 18:1The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance.
- Joshua 13:14But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance, since the food offerings presented to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he promised them.
- Joshua 14:3Moses had granted the two-and-a-half tribes their inheritance east of the Jordan but had not granted the Levites an inheritance among the rest,
Commentaries on Numbers 26:61
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-62Verses 57-62 Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It came not under the sentence, that none of them should enter Canaan excepting Caleb and Joshua.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-61The family of Kohath received special attention as the clan of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
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- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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