Numbers 16:35
16:35 Then a fire 1 went out from the Lord and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
Numbers 16:40
16:40 It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of 2 Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company – just as the Lord had spoken by the authority 3 of Moses.
1 tn For a discussion of the fire of the Lord, see J. C. H. Laughlin, “The Strange Fire of Nadab and Abihu,” JBL 95 (1976): 559-65.
2 tn Heb “from the seed of.”
3 tn Heb “hand.”