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Abihu

American  
[uh-bahy-hyoo] / əˈbaɪ hju /
Douay Bible, Abiu

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a son of Aaron who, with his brother Nadab, was consumed by fire from heaven for disobeying the Lord.


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Nadab and Abihu had been consecrated for the purpose of enforcing the truth of God's holiness.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

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

From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Cooper, Robert

And God said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the Elders of Israel.

From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas

Be that as it may, the prohibition is rested upon the necessity of preserving, in all its depth and breadth, the distinction between common and holy which Nadab and Abihu had broken down.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

Shortly after this, Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel were called up into the mount, and “they saw the Elohe of Israel.”

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

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