A moment in scripture
Numbers 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
The surrounding passage
- Numbers 3:2
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 3:3
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
- Numbers 3:5
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
- Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.