en_tn/num/03/03.md

# the priests who were anointed and who were ordained

This can be stated in active form AT: "the priests whom Moses anointed and ordained" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# Nadab ... Abihu ... Ithamar

See how you translated these men's names in [Numbers 3:2](./01.md).

# fell dead before Yahweh

The phrase "fell dead" means to suddenly die. AT: "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. AT: "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." AT: "they burned an incense offering in a way that Yahweh did not approve of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])