I. NADAB, Son of Aaron, and Brother of Abihu. He offered Incense to the Lord with strange Fire, that is, with common Fire, and not with that which had been miraculously lighted upon the Altar of Burnt-Offerings. Therefore he was slain by the Lord, together with his Brother Abihu1. ‘Tis guest, that perhaps these two Brothers had suffered themselves to be surprized with Wine, because that presently after this Accident the Use of Wine is forbid by the Lord to the Priests, during the Time that they are officiating in the Tabernacle.
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Levit. x. 1, 2, 3. In the Year of the World 2514, before Christ 1486, and before the Vulgar Æra 1490. ↩