Numbers 26:61

61 however, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized sacrifice in the presence of God.

Numbers 26:61 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 26:61

(See Gill on Numbers 26:57)

Numbers 26:61 In-Context

59 Amram's wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born into the Levite family during the Egyptian years. Jochebed bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam to Amram.

60 Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;

61 however, Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized sacrifice in the presence of God.

62 The numbering of Levite males one month and older came to 23,000. They hadn't been counted in with the rest of the People of Israel because they didn't inherit any land.

63 These are the ones numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, the People of Israel counted in the Plains of Moab at Jordan-Jericho.