| − | Ithamar's career began during the first year after the [[Exodus of Israel]]. He was treasurer of the massive voluntary offering of the people for the building of the [[Tabernacle]]. On 1 Zif 2514 AM (17 May 1490 BC) he was consecrated as a priest, together with his three brothers [[Nadab (son of Aaron)|Nadab]], [[Abihu]], and [[Eleazar (son of Israel)|Eleazar]].<ref name=Konig>Konig, George, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p273.htm Ithamar]," AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2001. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Easton>"[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html?term=Ithamar Ithamar]," Easton's Bible Dictionary, July 13, 2005. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne, "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2003/20031115.htm The Lines of Eleazar and Ithamar]," ''Daily Bible Study'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Hirsch>Hirsch EG and Seligsohn M, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=I&artid=370 Ithamar]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref> | + | Ithamar's career began during the first year after the [[Exodus of Israel]]. He was treasurer of the massive voluntary offering of the people for the building of the [[Tabernacle]]. On 1 Zif 2514 AM (17 May 1490 BC) he was consecrated as a priest, together with his three brothers [[Nadab (son of Aaron)|Nadab]], [[Abihu]], and [[Eleazar (son of Aaron)|Eleazar]].<ref name=Konig>Konig, George, "[http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/p273.htm Ithamar]," AboutBibleProphecy.com, 2001. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Easton>"[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html?term=Ithamar Ithamar]," Easton's Bible Dictionary, July 13, 2005. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Blank>Blank, Wayne, "[http://www.keyway.ca/htm2003/20031115.htm The Lines of Eleazar and Ithamar]," ''Daily Bible Study'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref><ref name=Hirsch>Hirsch EG and Seligsohn M, "[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=I&artid=370 Ithamar]," ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'', n.d. Accessed December 10, 2008.</ref> |
| | On the day of the strange-fire incident (10 Zif 2514 AM/26 May 1490 BC), all four brothers were performing a daily office in the [[Holy Place]]. Nadab and Abihu took censers charged with "strange fire" into the Holy of Holies, and were killed instantly. [[Moses]] ordered two other cousins to take the charred bodies away, and also ordered Aaron and his two remaining sons to continue with their duties and not show any outward sign of mourning.<ref name=Hirsch/> | | On the day of the strange-fire incident (10 Zif 2514 AM/26 May 1490 BC), all four brothers were performing a daily office in the [[Holy Place]]. Nadab and Abihu took censers charged with "strange fire" into the Holy of Holies, and were killed instantly. [[Moses]] ordered two other cousins to take the charred bodies away, and also ordered Aaron and his two remaining sons to continue with their duties and not show any outward sign of mourning.<ref name=Hirsch/> |