Numbers 26:61

Numbers 26:61 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)But Nadab and Abihu died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)
• 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.

Context of Numbers 26:61

59and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, born among the Levites in the land of Egypt. Amram and Jochebed became the parents of Aaron, Moses, and their sister, Miriam. 60To Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned before the Lord the wrong kind of fire, different than he had commanded. 62The men from the Levite clans who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. But the Levites were not included in the registration of the rest of the people of Israel because they were not given an allotment of land when it was divided among the Israelites. 63So these are the results of the registration of the people of Israel as conducted by Moses and Eleazar the priest on the plains of Moab beside the Jordan River, across from Jericho.

Numbers 26:61 word by word

וַיָּ֥מָת נָדָ֖ב וַאֲבִיה֑וּא בְּהַקְרִיבָ֥ם אֵשׁ־זָרָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Nadabנָדָבnâdâb · NadabH5070
• and Abihuאֲבִיהוּא'ăbîyhû' · AbihuH30
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• when they offeredקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• strangeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 26:61

• Numbers 1:49“Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites.
• Numbers 3:39When Moses and Aaron counted the Levite clans at the Lord’s command, the total number was 22,000 males one month old or older.
• Numbers 4:27Aaron and his sons will direct the Gershonites regarding all their duties, whether it involves moving the equipment or doing other work. They must assign the Gershonites responsibility for the loads they are to carry.
• Numbers 18:20And the Lord said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.
• Numbers 35:2“Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites from their property certain towns to live in, along with the surrounding pasturelands.
• Deuteronomy 10:9That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The Lord himself is their special possession, as the Lord your God told them.)
• Deuteronomy 14:27And do not neglect the Levites in your town, for they will receive no allotment of land among you.
• Deuteronomy 18:1“Remember that the Levitical priests—that is, the whole of the tribe of Levi—will receive no allotment of land among the other tribes in Israel. Instead, the priests and Levites will eat from the special gifts given to the Lord, for that is their share.
• Joshua 13:14Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the Lord had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the Lord, the God of Israel.
• Joshua 14:3Moses had already given a grant of land to the two and a half tribes on the east side of the Jordan River, but he had given the Levites no such allotment.

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

Topics related to Numbers 26:61

• Abihu
• Levites
• Nadab

In the dictionaries

• Strange, Fire
• Abihu
• Inheritance
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• Silly
• Abiram
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Dathan
• Dathema
• Discrepancies, Biblical

Commentaries on Numbers 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• 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