Leviticus 9:23-10:2 –
And Moses and Aaron went into the
tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the
pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it
and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before
the Lord.
Exodus
40:34 – Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled
the tabernacle.
Exodus 28:1 – “Then bring near
to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from
among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Numbers 3:4 – But Nadab and
Abihu died before the Lord when
they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord in
the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar
served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.
Application:
- · With the glory of the Lord entering the tabernacle, the great series of events that began with the birth of Moses and his rescue from the Nile, foreshadowing the deliverance of Israel from Egypt, comes to a grand climax.
- · Israel had to be made aware that it existed for God, not vice versa.
- · Priests were to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins and to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray. Another important function of the priests was to read the law of Moses to the people and remind them of their covenant obligations.
- · Proximity to God’s holiness requires righteousness and obedience from His priests. For all time, the deaths of Aaron’s newly consecrated sons serve to warn God’s ministers of the awesome seriousness of their tasks.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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