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Numbers 26:61 Cross-References
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“And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.”
Numbers 26:61 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 26:61
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD (אֵשׁ זָרָה, esh zarah)—unauthorized fire, perhaps representing worship innovations God didn't command. Leviticus 10:1-2 records their immediate death: "there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them." In a census of the living, the dead interrupt—a memorial warning that presumption in worship brings judgment.The Hebrew זָרָה (zarah) means "strange/foreign/unauthorized." The same word describes foreign women who led Solomon astray. Strange fire parallels strange teachings (Hebrews 13:9)—innovations that seem worship...
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Cross-References for Numbers 26:61
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“the sons of Aaron”
“when they offered strange fire before Yahweh”
“Eleazar and Ithamar.”