Leviticus 10:1 (WEB)
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them.
Fathers and councils · 3
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And the heretics, indeed, who bring strange fire to the altar of God— namely, strange doctrines—shall be burned up by the fire from heaven, as were Nadab and Abiud.” — editor's note: Lev. x. 1, 2.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“I hear again that Nadab and Abihu, for having merely offered incense with strange fire, were with strange fire destroyed, the instrument of their impiety being used for their punishment, and their destruction following at the very time and place of their sacrilege; and not even…” — editor's note: Lev. x. 1.
Read the whole comment“For I pass over Nadab and Abihu, lest the allusion be ill-omened: and Moses during his lifetime appoints Joshua in his stead, as lawgiver and general over those who were pressing on to the land of promise?” — editor's note: Ib. x. 1.
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Leviticus 10:1 and Numbers 16:18 share the same wording (15 words).
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