Numbers 26:61

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

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Interpretation

Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It came not under the sentence, that none of them should enter Canaan excepting Caleb and Joshua.

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This thought runs through Numbers 26:58-62.

Numbers 26:58 Numbers 26:59 Numbers 26:60 Numbers 26:61 Numbers 26:62

Glossary

Abihu Person: Father of Him; i. e., “worshipper of God”, the second of the sons of Aaron ( Ex. 6:23 ; Num. 3:2 ; 26:60 ; 1 Chr. 6:3 ). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest’s office ( Ex. 28:1 ).