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Abihu אֲבִיהוּא
A priest. Abihu was a son of Aaron who served as a priest. (<ref="Exo.6.23">Exo.6.23</ref>)
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Where Abihu appears
Exodus (4), Numbers (4), 1 Chronicles (3), Leviticus (1)
Key verses
- Exodus 6:23 first mention — And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exodus 24:1 — And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
- Exodus 24:9 — Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
- Exodus 28:1 — And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
- Leviticus 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
- Numbers 3:2 — And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 3:4 — And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
- Numbers 26:60 — And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 26:61 — And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 6:3 — And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 24:1 — Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 24:2 — But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.