Abihu

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"And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took e- either his censer and put fire therein, and put incense thereon." Yeah, it's cut off a little bit.

If you can decrease it slightly.

Uh, I cannot decrease it slightly.

Oh yeah, that's good.

Perfect.

"And 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 Yehovah, which He commanded them not.

And there went out fire from Yah, and devoured them, and they died before Yah."

This is how Aaron's descendants, the priests, right, were divided into groups for service.

The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Aaron, Moses' brother Aaron, had four sons.

This is who the high priest is always going to run through their lineage.

Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar.

I don't know why I was showing three.

It's four, okay? But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons.

So Eleazar and Ithamar were left to carry on as high priests.

Mm-hmm.

"Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu-"

Mm-hmm.

"... and seventy of the elders of Israel."

Uh-

Let me get my-

Then went up Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the Elohim of Israel.

Read.

So let's move forward.

Next, you really come to one of the most sobering stories in all of Scripture, Nadab and Abihu, the story all contemporary advocates seeth at, if they even know about it, of course.

Put it this way.

If you've been around Reformed circles for very long, you've probably heard this story mentioned before.

God cared about what most today would disregard as being nuanced.

And even though it was fire, because of the kind of fire or presentation of it, God still regarded it as something he didn't prescribe.

And the consequence of Nadab and Abihu is so immediate and severe.

God sends fire upon them, and they disintegrate into ash.

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And 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.

Oh, see?

suppose that's

And there went out a fire from the Lord.

and devoured them and they died before the Lord.

So what happened to, what's the name? Nadab and Abihu.

What happened to them? They were the one who was consumed by the real fire of God.

Or you too will die.

Nadab and Abihu.

Did what they wanted.

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after the death of the two children of Aaron who are not mentioned, not the one of you, who brought a foreign fire, and that's the mention of Aaron.

Now, truth be told, at least according to this amazing Rashi, The death of Nadav and Abihu is a result of the sin of the golden calf.

The story of the golden calf takes place in Kittisa and Shemot in the book of Exodus, but it's repeated, like many of the stories are, in the book of Dvarim and Parshat Akev.

And, of course, Moshe repeats it.

If you're wondering what happens when that principle is rejected, you could go to the Old Testament, for example.

Remember Nadab and Abihu.

Read Leviticus 10, verses 1 to 2.

Moses says Nadab and Abihu decided on a new way of worship, something that hadn't been sanctioned by God's word, and they offered strange fire.

And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them.

Or you could look to the New Testament, to 1 Corinthians 11, verses 27 to 30.