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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

Come up unto Jehovah, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders, and worship ye afar off; and Moses alone shall come near Jehovah, but they shall not come nigh....

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

Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu Climbed and saw the very God, the Highest, Stand upon the paved work of a sapphire.

From Men and Women by Porter, Charlotte Endymion

In the twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus Moses has given an account of God's call to him, to Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the seventy elders, to come up to Horeb.

From The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism by Wishard, S. E.

Nadab and Abihu took either of them his censer.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

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