Bible verse
So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
Leviticus 10:2 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 10.
1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
2 So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when He said: ‘To those who come near Me I will show My holiness, and in the sight of all the people I will reveal My glory.’” But Aaron remained silent.
4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
5 So they came forward and carried them, still in their tunics, outside the camp, as Moses had directed.
6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.
KJV
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
ASV
And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
ERV
And there came forth fire from before the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
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