Bible Person
Meaning: free and voluntary gift; prince · Male · 12 cross references
Nadab is Aaron's firstborn son and one of the priests consecrated for service at the beginning of Israel's worship system. Like Abihu, he is remembered above all for dying under judgment after offering unauthorized fire. First appears in Exod 6:23.1
AI summary: Nadab matters because the cross references present him as a priest whose privileged access does not shield him from the consequences of irreverence. He is counted among Aaron's sons, participates in early sacred moments, and then dies with Abihu when priestly worship is handled outside God's command. His story becomes a foundational warning within the Torah's theology of holiness. Taken together, the material presents Nadab as a cautionary priestly figure whose death reinforces the seriousness of approaching God rightly.1
Central Figure
Nadab
Meaning: free and voluntary gift; prince
The eldest of Aaron’s four sons (Ex.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.