Lev 10:1, 16:12-13, Num 16:35-40, 46-48, 1Ki 18:21-23 | ESV | STEP | 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.

Leviticus 10:1

The Death of Nadab and Abihu

1 Now ^aNadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, ^beach took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered ^cunauthorized ^{▼▼Or strange} fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.

Leviticus 16:12-13

12 And he shall take ^ea censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil 13 ^fand put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover ^gthe mercy seat that is over the testimony, so that he does not die.

Numbers 16:35-40

35 And ^hfire came out from the Lord and consumed ⁱthe 250 men offering the incense.

36 ^{▼▼Ch 17:1 in Hebrew} Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 37 “Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy. 38 As for the censers of ^kthese men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord, and they became holy. ^lThus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.” 39 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar, 40 to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so ^mthat no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the Lord said to him through Moses.

Numbers 16:46-48

46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for ⁿwrath has gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun.” 47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living, and ^othe plague was stopped.

1 Kings 18:21-23

21 And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long ^pwill you go limping between two different opinions? ^qIf the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word. 22 Then Elijah said to the people, ^r“I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord, but Baal’s prophets are ^s450 men. 23 Let two bulls be given to us, and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood and put no fire to it.