Leviticus 10:2
Good News Translation
Suddenly the LORD sent fire, and it burned them to death there in the presence of the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Suddenly the LORD sent fiery flames and burned them to death.

New American Bible
Fire therefore came forth from the LORD’s presence and consumed them, so that they died in the LORD’s presence.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them: and they died before the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them: and they died before the Lord.

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Leviticus 9:24 And, behold, a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.

Leviticus 16:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they were slain upon their offering strange fire:

Numbers 3:3,4 These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood. . . .

Numbers 16:35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

Numbers 26:61 Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord.

2 Samuel 6:7 And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled against Oza, and he struck him for his rashness: and he died there before the ark of God.

2 Kings 1:10,12 And Elias answering, said to the captain of fifty: If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume thee, and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven and consumed him, and the fifty that were with him. . . .

1 Chronicles 24:2 But Nadab and Abiu died before their father, and had no children: so Eleazar, and Ithamar did the office of the priesthood.

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Numbers 3:3,4 These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood. . . .

Numbers 16:32,33,49 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance. . . .

Numbers 26:61 Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord.

1 Samuel 6:19 But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord, and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

1 Chronicles 13:10 And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck him, because he had touched the ark; and he died there before the Lord.

1 Chronicles 15:13 Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.

Acts 5:5,10 And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and gave up the ghost. And there came great fear upon all that heard it. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Leviticus 9:24 And, behold, a fire, coming forth from the Lord, devoured the holocaust, and the fat that was upon the altar: which when the multitude saw, they praised the Lord, falling on their faces.

Note.

Leviticus 10:5 And they went forthwith and took them as they lay, vested with linen tunicks, and cast them forth, as had been commanded them.

) but struck them dead in an instant. By these different effects of the same fire, we learn that it was no common fire, but {kindled by the breath of the Almighty}.

Isaiah 30:33 For Topheth is prepared from yesterday, prepared by the king, deep, and wide. The nourishment thereof is fire and much wood: the breath of the Lord as a torrent of brimstone kindling it.

Context
The Sin of Nadab and Abihu
1And Nadab and Abiu, the sons of Aaron, taking their censers, put fire therein, and incense on it, offering before the Lord strange fire: which was not commanded them. 2And fire coming out from the Lord destroyed them: and they died before the Lord.3And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken. I will be sanctified in them that approach to me: and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.…
Cross References
Exodus 24:1
And he said to Moses: Come up to the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abiu, and seventy of the ancients of Israel, and you shall adore afar off.

Leviticus 16:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron when they were slain upon their offering strange fire:

Numbers 3:4
Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.

Numbers 16:35
And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

Numbers 26:61
Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord.

1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the holocaust, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

1 Chronicles 13:10
And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck him, because he had touched the ark; and he died there before the Lord.

1 Chronicles 24:2
But Nadab and Abiu died before their father, and had no children: so Eleazar, and Ithamar did the office of the priesthood.

Job 1:16
And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Psalm 50:3
God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.

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