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Is Strange fire a metaphor?

Fire is a process. It is a chemical conversion, using oxygen to combine with the item being burnt, and the result is heat, hot gases (such as carbon dioxide) and ashes.

Strange = that which is foreign; that which is unrecognized.

In the kingdom of God, purity is recognized, and impurity (evil, corruption) is unrecognized. The unrecognized items must be rejected as estranged from the processes of God which is righteousness.

In 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[1] strange[2] fire[3] before the LORD, which he commanded them not."

The Hebrew word we see translated strange is in the phrase strange fire is zuwr (זוּר‎)[2] apelled with the letters ZayinVavReish. Zuwr as a verb is defined as "to be strange" and is identical to another Hebrew word also spelled ZayinVavReish zuwr (זוּר‎) [4] but is defined as to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out and is translated closed 1, thrust … together 1, crush. This verb zuwr is a primitive root that can be compared to the word tsowq (צוֹק)‎ and‎ tsuwqah (צוקה)[5] and as a noun is defined as "constraint, distress... anguish". The noun tsowq is from the verb tsuwq (צוּק)‎[6] translated distress, oppressor, and sore, associated with the term meaning anguish and oppression.

The word fire in the text is esh(אֵשׂ‎)[3] translated fire over 370 times. While contains only two letters, the AlefShin, it is the same as the Aramaic esh(אֵשׂ‎)[7] translated "flame" and the adverb esh(אֵשׂ‎)[8] meaning "there is, there are". The letters AlefShin esh(אֵשׂ‎)[9] also appear three times in the Book of Ezra[10] as an abbreviation for the word foundation where it is the bases of "building the rebellious(מָרָד‎)[11] and the bad(evil) (בִּאוּשׁ‎)[12] city".


Numbers 3:4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange[2] fire[3] 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.


Numbers 26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange[2] fire[3] before the LORD.

Isaiah 1:7 Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire <0784>: your land, strangers <02114> devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers <02114>.

Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.


In the kingdom of God, processes happen by way of using our conscience to discern that which is right and good. Using the Law of God as a basis, the process results in a decision. The goodness of the Father in heaven requires that each of His servants must likewise decide according to that which is good. If a process of conversion of an offering from its grantor to its recipient is well-pleasing to God, then it is a good process, which should be called holy fire, but anything other than that which pleases God is strange fire.

If we read in the Bible on the topic of justice, it is clear that certain things are not right and good. For example, taking bribes destroys justice. Therefore, a bribe brought to the altar of Christ is an example of strange fire.


Olah (Burnt Offering) Minchah (Grain Offering) Hata-at (Purification Offering or Sin Offering) Asham (Reparation Offering)

Shelem Zevah (Peace Offering)[13]

  1. ↑ 07126 ^ברק^ qarab \@kaw-rab’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 2065} AV-offer 95, (come, draw, … ) near 58, bring 58, (come, draw, … ) nigh 18, come 12, approach 10, at hand 4, presented 2, misc 13; 280
    1) to come near, approach, enter into, draw near
    1a) (Qal) to approach, draw near
    1b) (Niphal) to be brought near
    1c) (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near
    1d) (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 02114 זוּר‎ zuwr [zoor] a primitive root; v; [BDB-266a, BDB-266b] [{See TWOT on 541 }] AV-stranger 45, strange 18, estranged 4, stranger + 0376 3, another 2, strange woman 2, gone away 1, fanners 1, another place 1; 77
    1) to be strange, be a stranger
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to become estranged
    1a2) strange, another, stranger, foreigner, an enemy (participle)
    1a3) loathsome (of breath) (participle)
    1a4) strange woman, prostitute, harlot (meton)
    1b) (Niphal) to be estranged
    1c) (Hophal) to be a stranger, be one alienated
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 0784 אֵשׂ‎ AlefShin ‘esh [aysh] a primitive word; n f; [BDB-77a] [{See TWOT on 172 }] AV-fire 373, burning 1, fiery 1, untranslated variant 1, fire + 0800 1, flaming 1, hot 1; 379
    1) fire
    1a) fire, flames
    1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany)
    1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching)
    1d) altar-fire
    1e) God’s anger (fig.)
    • א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
    • ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
    • 0785 אֵשׁ‎ ‘esh (A) fire; 0786 אִשׁ‎ ‘ish (adv) there is, there are; 0787 אשׁ‎ ‘osh (Aramaic) foundation.
    • see 0800 fire from 0784 אֵשׂ‎ ‘esh fire -0787 foundation; 0801 burnt offering,; 0802 woman, wife, female
    • See fire Hebrew letters( אוּר‎ AlefVavReish) 0217 meaning flame, light of fire.
  4. ↑ 02115 זוּר‎ zuwr [zoor] a primitive root [compare 06695 צוֹק‎ tsowq= anguish (constraint)]; v; [BDB-266b] [{See TWOT on 543 }] AV-closed 1, thrust … together 1, crush 1; 3
    1) (Qal) to press, squeeze, crush, press down and out
    1a) to close up (of a wound)
    • Same as 02114 זוּר‎ zuwr = strange
  5. ↑ 06695 צוֹק‎ tsowq [tsoke] or (fem.) צוקה‎ tsuwqah [tsoo-kaw’] from 06693 oppress; n m/n f; [BDB-848a] [{See TWOT on 1895 @@ "1895a" }] [{See TWOT on 1895 @@ "1895b" }] AV-anguish 4; 4
    n m
    1) constraint, distress, strait
    1a) distress, anguish (fig.)
    n f
    2) pressure, distress
  6. ↑ 06693 צוּק‎ tsuwq [tsook] a primitive root; v; [BDB-847b] [{See TWOT on 1895 }] AV-distress 5, oppressor 2, sore 1, press 1, straiten 1; 11
    1) (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress
  7. ↑ 0785 אֵשׁ‎ ‘esh (Aramaic) [aysh] corresponding to 0784; n f; [BDB-1083a] [{See TWOT on 2614 }] AV-flame 1; 1
    1) fire
  8. ↑ 0786 אִשׁ‎ ‘ish [eesh] identical (in origin and formation) with [[0784] fire]; adv subst; [BDB-78a] [{See TWOT on 173 }] AV-can 1, there 1; 2
    1) there is, there are
  9. ↑ 0787 אשׁ‎ ‘osh (Aramaic) [ohsh] corresponding (by transposition and abbrev.) to 0803; n m; [BDB-1083a] [{See TWOT on 2613 }] AV-foundation 3; 3
    1) foundation
  10. ↑ Ezra 4:12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls [thereof], and joined the foundations <0787>.
    Ezra 5:16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation <0787> of the house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.
    Ezra 6:3 In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations <0787> thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
  11. ↑ 04779 מָרָד‎ marad (Aramaic) [maw-rawd’] from the same as 04776; adj; [BDB-1101b] [{See TWOT on 2840 @@ "2840b" }] AV-rebellious 2; 2
    1) rebellious
  12. ↑ 0873 בִּאוּשׁ‎ bi’uwsh (Aramaic) [be-oosh’] from 0888; n f; [BDB-1084a] [{See TWOT on 2622 @@ "2622a" }] AV-bad 1; 1
    1) evil, bad, be evil
  13. ↑ 08002 ^םלשׁ^ shelem \@sheh’- lem\@ from 07999 שָׁלַם‎ shalam to be in a covenant of peace; n m; AV-peace offerings 81, peace 6; 87
    1) peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship
    1a) voluntary sacrifice of thanks
    • 07999 שָׁלַם‎ shalam make peace; 08000 שְׁלַם‎ shëlam finish; 08001 שְׁלָם‎ shëlam welfare, (from 07965 שָׁלוֹם‎ shalowm welfare, safe, health); 08002 שֶׁלֶם‎ shelem peace offering; 08003 שָׁלֵם‎ shalem complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole; 08004 שָׁלֵם‎ Shalem Melchizedek's polis; 08005 שִׁלֵּם‎ shillem recompense; 08006 שִׁלֵּם‎ Shillem repaid; 08008 שַׂלְמָה salmah‎ garment and 08010 שְׁלמֹה‎ Shëlomoh which is the name of Solomon, from 07965 שָׁלוֹם‎ shalowm translated peace 175, well 14, peaceably 9, welfare 5,
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