Abihu

Abihu is a priest living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Levi. He is named in 12 verses of the Bible, first in Exodus 6:23.

Family

Verses

Exodus

• Exodus 6:23
  And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore 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.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
• Exodus 24:9
  Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:Then Moses went up with 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.“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

Leviticus

• 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.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.

Numbers

• Numbers 3:2
  And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then 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.Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
• Numbers 26:60
  And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,
• Numbers 26:61
  And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.

1 Chronicles

• 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.The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, 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.These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, 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.But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.