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Aaron and Nadab
How Aaron and Nadab are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Aaron was a parent of Nadab.
Nadab was Aaron's firstborn, set apart with his father for the priest's office. When Nadab died for offering strange fire, "Aaron held his peace".
the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn
Numbers 3:2, King James Version
offered strange fire before the Lord
Leviticus 10:1, King James Version
And Aaron held his peace
Leviticus 10:3, King James Version
Where they cross: Exodus 28:1
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Exodus 28:1
1And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
Leviticus 10:1
1And 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.
Leviticus 10:3
3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Numbers 3:2
2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
King James Version