Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests. New Living Translation But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar were left to carry on as priests. English Standard Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests. Berean Standard Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. King James Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. New King James Version And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests. New American Standard Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. NASB 1995 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. NASB 1977 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Legacy Standard Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests. Amplified Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Christian Standard Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Holman Christian Standard Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. American Standard Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Contemporary English Version But Nadab and Abihu died long before their father, without having any sons. That's why Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. English Revised Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest office. GOD'S WORD® Translation Nadab and Abihu died before their father died, and neither had any children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Good News Translation Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and left no descendants, so their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became priests. International Standard Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, leaving no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar became priests. Majority Standard Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. NET Bible Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. New Heart English Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Webster's Bible Translation But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priests' office. World English Bible But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Nadab dies—and Abihu—in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests. Young's Literal Translation and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests. Smith's Literal Translation And Nadab will die, and Abihu, before their father; and sons were not to them: and Eleazar and Ithamar will be priests. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut Nadab and Abiu died before their father, and had no children: so Eleazar, and Ithamar did the office of the priesthood. Catholic Public Domain Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office. New American Bible Nadab and Abihu died before their father, leaving no sons; therefore only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. New Revised Standard Version But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut Nadab and Abihu died during the lifetime of their father Aaron, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Nadab and Abihu died in the lifetime of Aaron their father, and they had no sons, and Eliazar and Ithamar ministered. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Nadab and Abiud died before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron ministered as priests. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Divisions of the Priests1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.… Cross References Leviticus 10:1-2 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command. / So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD. Numbers 3:4 Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron. Numbers 26:61 but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD. Exodus 6:23 And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 1 Samuel 2:12-17 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD / or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling / and plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. ... 1 Samuel 2:34 And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day. 1 Samuel 3:11-14 Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle. / On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end. / I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them. ... 1 Samuel 4:11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. 1 Kings 2:27 So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli. 1 Kings 13:33-34 Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places. / And this was the sin of the house of Jeroboam that led to its extermination and destruction from the face of the earth. 2 Kings 23:9 Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests. Ezekiel 44:10-14 Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity. / Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them. / Because they ministered before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I swore with an uplifted hand concerning them that they would bear the consequences of their iniquity, declares the Lord GOD. ... Matthew 15:14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” Matthew 23:16-17 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? Mark 12:38-40 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces, / and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. / They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Treasury of Scripture But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. Nadab Exodus 24:1,9 And 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… died Leviticus 10:2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. 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. Numbers 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. Eleazar Exodus 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Leviticus 10:12 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: Numbers 16:39,40 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: … Jump to Previous Abihu Abi'hu Children Died Dieth Eleazar Elea'zar End Executed Exercised Ithamar Ith'amar Nadab Office Priesthood Priests Priest's Served WorkJump to Next Abihu Abi'hu Children Died Dieth Eleazar Elea'zar End Executed Exercised Ithamar Ith'amar Nadab Office Priesthood Priests Priest's Served Work1 Chronicles 24 1. The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into twenty-four orders.20. The Kohathites 26. and the Merarites, divided by lot But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did Nadab and Abihu were the eldest sons of Aaron, the first high priest of Israel. Their deaths are recorded in Leviticus 10:1-2, where they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded. This incident underscores the importance of obedience to God's commands, especially for those in positions of spiritual leadership. Their premature death serves as a warning against presumption and disobedience. The phrase "died before their father did" highlights the tragedy of their untimely deaths and the sorrow it would have brought to Aaron, who outlived his sons. and they had no sons so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests Persons / Places / Events 1. Nadab and AbihuSons of Aaron who died because they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, as described in Leviticus 10. Their deaths are a reminder of the importance of obedience to God's commands. 2. Eleazar and Ithamar The remaining sons of Aaron who continued the priestly line. They took on the responsibilities of the priesthood after the death of their brothers. 3. Aaron The first high priest of Israel and father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. His lineage was chosen by God to serve in the priestly role. 4. Priesthood The role and duties assigned to the descendants of Aaron, responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the tabernacle/temple worship. 5. Israel The nation chosen by God, for whom the priesthood was established to mediate between God and His people. Teaching Points The Importance of ObedienceNadab and Abihu's deaths serve as a stark reminder of the necessity of adhering to God's commands. In our lives, we must prioritize obedience to God's Word. God's Sovereignty in Leadership The appointment of Eleazar and Ithamar highlights God's sovereign choice in leadership roles. We should trust God's decisions and timing in our own leadership and service opportunities. The Continuity of God's Plan Despite the failure of some, God's plan continues through others. We can take comfort in knowing that God's purposes will prevail, even when individuals falter. The Role of the Priesthood The priesthood was essential for mediating between God and Israel. Today, believers are called to be a "royal priesthood," serving as mediators of God's grace to the world. Legacy and Responsibility Eleazar and Ithamar's continuation of the priestly duties underscores the importance of legacy and responsibility. We are called to faithfully carry out the roles God has entrusted to us.(2) But Nadab and Abihu died before their father.--Leviticus 10:1-2 tells why: viz., because they offered "strange fire" before the Lord. (See also Numbers 3:4, from which our text appears to be derived.) And had no children.--Literally, And sons had not become (been born) to them. Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar.--And Eleazar and Ithamar acted as priests; Numbers adds, "before the face of Aaron their father." It is implied that the office of the priesthood remained with the two lines, or houses, of Eleazar and Ithamar. Verse 2. - (Comp. Leveticus 10:1, 2, for the death of these; and for their being childless, Numbers 3:2-4; Numbers 26:60, 61.)Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But Nadabנָדָ֤ב (nā·ḏāḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5070: Nadab -- an Israelite name and Abihu וַאֲבִיהוּא֙ (wa·’ă·ḇî·hū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 30: Abihu -- 'he is father', a son of Aaron died וַיָּ֨מָת (way·yā·māṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill before לִפְנֵ֣י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face their father did, אֲבִיהֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇî·hem) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father and they had הָי֣וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be no לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no sons; וּבָנִ֖ים (ū·ḇā·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1121: A son so Eleazar אֶלְעָזָ֖ר (’el·‘ā·zār) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 499: Eleazar -- 'God has helped', six Israelites and Ithamar וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ (wə·’î·ṯā·mār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 385: Ithamar -- 'land of palms', a son of Aaron served as priests. וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּ (way·ḵa·hă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3547: To officiate as a, priest, to put on regalia Links 1 Chronicles 24:2 NIV1 Chronicles 24:2 NLT 1 Chronicles 24:2 ESV 1 Chronicles 24:2 NASB 1 Chronicles 24:2 KJV 1 Chronicles 24:2 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 24:2 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 24:2 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 24:2 French Bible 1 Chronicles 24:2 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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