Nadab

1And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me. Bring Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu with you. Bring seventy of Israel's leaders too. All of you must worship from far away."

2And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

"Only Moses may come close to me. The others must stay back. The people must not come up the mountain at all."

3And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Moses came and told the people everything the LORD had said. He told them all of God's rules. All the people answered together, "We will do everything the LORD said."

4And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up. He built an altar at the bottom of the mountain. An altar is a stone table for giving gifts to God. He also set up twelve stone posts, one for each family group of Israel.

5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

He sent some young men of Israel to bring gifts to God. They burned whole animals as gifts to the LORD. They also gave young bulls as peace offerings, gifts that are shared as a meal.

6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Moses took half of the blood and poured it into bowls. He splashed the other half on the altar.

7And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

Then he took the book of the agreement and read it out loud to the people. They said, "We will do all that the LORD said. We will obey."

8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people. He said, "This is the blood of the agreement. The LORD has made this agreement with you, and these are its words."

9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

Then Moses went up the mountain. Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu went with him. Seventy of Israel's leaders went too.

10And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a floor of blue stone. It was as clear and bright as the sky itself.

11And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

God did not raise his hand against these leaders of Israel. They saw God, and they ate and drank.

1And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

God said to Moses, "Bring your brother Aaron to me from among the people of Israel. Bring his sons too. They are Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. They will serve me as priests, the men who work for me at my tent."

2And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty.

"Make special clothes for your brother Aaron. They will look grand and beautiful."

3And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

"Talk to all the skilled workers. I have given them wisdom to do this work. Tell them to make Aaron's clothes. Wearing them will set him apart to serve me as priest."

4And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

"Here are the clothes they must make. A chest piece. A vest called an ephod. A robe. A woven shirt. A turban, which is cloth wrapped around the head. And a sash for the waist. They will make these special clothes for Aaron and his sons."

5And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.

"They will use gold thread, blue, purple, and red yarn, and fine linen cloth."

1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Nadab and Abihu were sons of Aaron, the chief priest. Each one took his censer, a pan for burning incense. They put fire in the pans. Then they added incense, which makes sweet smoke. They offered this fire to the LORD. But God had not told them to do it.

2And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

Fire came out from the LORD. It burned them up. They died right there in front of the LORD.

3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

Then Moses said to Aaron, "The LORD told us this would be so. He said, 'People who come close to me must treat me as holy. All the people will see how great I am.'" Aaron did not say a word.

4And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan. They were sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle. Moses said, "Come here. Carry your cousins away from the holy tent. Take them outside the camp."

5So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

So they came and picked them up. The two men were still in their long shirts. They carried them outside the camp, just as Moses said.

6And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar. He said, "Do not let your hair hang loose. Do not tear your clothes to show sadness. If you do, you will die. And God will be angry with all the people. Your relatives, all of Israel, may cry for the two men. The LORD sent the fire that burned them.

7And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

"Do not go out the door of the meeting tent. If you do, you will die. The LORD's special oil is on you." So they did what Moses said.

1These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

This is the family record of Aaron and Moses. It comes from the time God spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

These are the names of Aaron's sons. Nadab was the oldest. Then came Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

These were Aaron's sons. They were priests, men chosen to serve God for the people. Oil was poured on them to set them apart for that work.

4And 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.

Nadab and Abihu died in front of the LORD. They had offered fire that God did not ask for. This happened in the desert of Sinai. They had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests while their father Aaron was alive.

1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Here are the groups of the men who came from Aaron. Aaron's sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

Nadab and Abihu died before their father did. They had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar did the priests' work.