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Leviticus 10:2

And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Fire from the Lord ... devoured them - rather, killed them; for it appears (Leviticus 10:5) that neither their bodies nor their robes were consumed. The expression, "from the Lord," indicates that this fire issued from the most holy place; and in the destruction of these two young priests, by the infliction of an awful judgment, the wisdom of God observed the same course, in repressing the first instance of contempt for sacred things, as He did at the commencement of the Christian dispensation (Acts 5:1).

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See also Leviticus 10:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The fire which had just before sanctified the ministry of Aaron as well pleasing to God, now brought to destruction his two eldest sons because they did not sanctify Yahweh in their hearts, but dared...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. NADAB AND ABIHU: THE FALSE WORSHIP AND ITS RESULTS CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The false worship and the judgment (Leviticus 10:1)_ 2. New instructions (Leviticus 10:8) 3. The neglect of Eleazar and Ithama...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEV X contains four appendices on the priests-' duties, of which the first and the fourth are in the form of ideal narratives (a caution and a misunderstanding), like chs. 8f. LEVITICUS 10:1. THE SIN...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FROM. from before. DEVOURED THEM. slew them; for they were not consumed, as is shown in Leviticus 10:4 and Leviticus 10:6. Note the three fires here: (1) the fire of true worship (Leviticus 9:24); (2)...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (3) _The first priestly transgression and its punishment_(1 7) 1. Nadab and Abihu were specially chosen to -come up unto the Lord" with Moses, Aaron and the 70 elders (Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9-11, th...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THERE WENT OUT FIRE FROM THE LORD, AND DEVOURED THEM— Rather, _and destroyed them;_ blasting them like lightning: for their cloaths were not consumed; see Leviticus 10:5. Hence it is, as Grotius and L...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE SIN AND PUNISHMENT OF NADAB AND ABIHU 10:1-20 a. THEIR SIN Leviticus 10:1 b. THEIR PUNISHMENT Leviticus 10:2 c. THE WARNING Leviticus 10:3 d. DISPOSAL OF THE BODIES...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SIN AND DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU An illustration of the necessity of a punctilious observance of the regulations. We have no means of ascertaining the precise nature of the trespass committed by the t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND THERE WENT OUT FIRE FROM THE LORD. — By fire they sinned, and by fire they died. The Divine fire which issued forth to consume the sacrifices as a token of acceptance, now descended as the avenger...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֵּ֥צֵא אֵ֛שׁ מִ לִּ פְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    NADAB'S AND ABIHU'S "STRANGE FIRE" Leviticus 10:1 The solemn and august ceremonies of the consecration of the priests, and the tabernacle, and the inauguration of the tabernacle service, had a sad an...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A DEED THAT TURNED JOY INTO GRIEF Leviticus 9:22; Leviticus 10:1 There was a double blessing. First, Aaron blessed the people when he stood against the altar, Leviticus 9:22, and afterward, when he c...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the record there breaks in a story full of solemn significance. Two sons of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu were guilty of offering strange fire before the Lord. They were swiftly consumed by fire. The ver...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lord. Near the altar of incense, being stricken, as it were with lightning, so that their garments were not injured. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What this strange fire was, which the sons of Aaron offered, is not said. But as it was so great a sin, as to produce instant death, we may humbly inquire, while we pray for grace to stand in awe and...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The book of Leviticus has its own character quite as manifestly as Genesis or Exodus. Its peculiar feature is that from its very starting-point it is the revelation of what God saw in Jesus Christ our...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Lastly, we have what, alas! is always the case with man. The first day the priesthood is established, it comes short of the glory of God. Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire, acting as men in nature in...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THERE WENT OUT FIRE FROM THE LORD,.... They sinned by fire, and they were punished by fire, either from heaven, or from the most holy place, where the Lord dwelt between the cherubim; this was of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Ver. 2. _And there went out fire._] By fire they sinned, and by fire they perished. “ _Per quod quis peccat,...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Lev. 10:1, 2. This awful destruction of two of the priests, the sons of Aaron, happened on the eighth or last day of the consecration of Aaron and his sons, by which the Levitical priesthood was first...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And there went out a fire from the Lord_ From heaven, or rather, from the sanctuary; _and devoured them_ Not reduced them to ashes, as the word signifies at the end of the former chapter, but struck...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Nadab and Abihu, for offering of strange fire, are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sonnes are forbidden to mourne for them. 8 The Priests are forbidden wine when they are to goe into the Tabernacle...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And there went out fire from the Lord, this time in consuming wrath, as it had shortly before flashed forth in an expression of mercy, AND DEVOURED THEM; AND THEY DIED BEFORE THE LORD. It was like a b...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SIN OF NADAB AND ABIHU AND ITS PUNISHMENT...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    FAILURE IN THE PRIESTHOOD (VV. 1-7) Priestly ministry had barely begun when those entrusted with it failed seriously. Two of Aaron's four sons put in their censers incense other than that which the Lo...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1,2 Next to Moses and Aaron, none were more likely to be honourable in Israel than Nadab and Abihu. There is reason to think that they were puffed up with pride, and that they were heated with wine....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FROM THE LORD; from heaven, or rather from the sanctuary. See LEVITICUS 9:24. DEVOURED them; destroyed their lives; for their bodies and garments were not consumed, as it appears from LEVITICUS 10:4,5...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The page of human history has ever been a sadly blotted one. It is a record of failure, from first to last. Amid all the delights of Eden, man hearkened to the tempter's lie. (Genesis 1:24) When prese...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 10:2 fire H784 out H3318 (H8799) LORD H3068 devoured H398 (H8799) died H4191 (H8799) before...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DISOBEDIENCE BRINGS DEATH FOR THE DISOBEDIENT AND A TEST FOR THE FAITHFUL (LEVITICUS 10:1). Leviticus 10:1 ‘And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire in it,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Strange fire of Nadab and Abihu. CHARACTERS: God, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer, Moses, Aaron, Ithamar, Michael, Elzaphan. CONCLUSION: It is fatal to act in the things of God without seeking the m...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 10:1. _Strange fire._ Having, as some rabbins think, from the 9th verse, drank too freely at the feast, they inconsiderately took fire from the boiler, instead of taking it from off the alta...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Nadab and Abihu. .. offered strange fire._ THE FALL OF NADAB AND ABIHU Nadab and Abihu were no inconsiderable personages. They were the sons of Israel’s priest, the nephews of Israel’s leader, the h...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 10:1 NADAB AND ABIHU, the eldest of Aaron’s four sons, took censers of their own, put INCENSE in them, and OFFERED UNAUTHORIZED FIRE (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Reckless Ministry Sternly Rebuked SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 10:1.—Nahab and Abihu offered strange fire. Whether they were prompted by impetuous religious feeling, or were confused with wine, the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU, THE SONS OF AARON (Leviticus 10:1). The first day of Aaron's ministry had not yet closed. He had offered the sacrifices, and had entered into the holy place wi...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And Nadab and Abihu, the two sons of Aaron, took both of them their censers, and they put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He commanded them not ...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 13:10; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Chronicles 24:2; 1 Corinthians 10:11;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    From the Lord — From heaven, or rather from the sanctuary. Devoured them — Destroyed their lives; for their bodies and garments were not consumed. Thus the sword is said to devour, 2 Samuel 2:26. Thus...

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