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#698: Why Did Nadav and Avihu Die?

#698: Why Did Nadav and Avihu Die?

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The Two Priests Are Destroyed, James Tissot, c. 1896-1902. The Jewish Museum

Vayikra/Leviticus 10:2

וַתֵּ֥צֵא אֵ֛שׁ מִלִּפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה וַתֹּ֣אכַל אוֹתָ֑ם וַיָּמֻ֖תוּ לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

And fire went out from the presence of YHWH
and consumed them, so that they died, before the presence of YHWH.

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