Numbers 3:4 meaning and explanation

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 3:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Moses is listing Aaron's family as the tabernacle service is organized at Sinai. Verse 4 recalls that Nadab and Abihu, Aaron's two eldest sons, had been anointed priests but died before the LORD in the wilderness.

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