The Sword of Nadab and Abihu

Moses might be modeling this test after what it is that Nadab and Abihu had done because he anticipates that, you know, the Lord's going to vindicate the true priest and these false priests. In verse 35, the 250 men that are following chorus rebellion, it says that fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men offering incense. This language really is reminiscent of the way that later Samuel will speak over in first Samuel 12 when he has defrauded the people.