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# Nadab ... Abihu ... Ithamar
See how you translated these men's names in [Numbers 3:2](./02.md).
# fell dead before Yahweh
The phrase "fell dead" means to suddenly die. Alternate translation: "suddenly died before Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# before Yahweh
This refers to Yahweh's presence, meaning that Yahweh saw everything that happened. Alternate translation: "in Yahweh's presence" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# they offered to him unacceptable fire
Here the word "fire" is used to refer to "burning incense." Alternate translation: "they burned an incense offering in a way that Yahweh did not approve of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])