Numbers 3:1
Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Cross References
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi in the order of their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari: and the years of Levi's life were a hundred and thirty-seven.
Exodus 6:27These are the men who gave orders to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of Egypt: these are the same Moses and Aaron.
Leviticus 27:34These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:1
This chapter and the next are concerning the tribe of Levi, which was to be mustered and marshalled by itself, and not in common with the other tribes, intimating the particular honour put upon them and the particular duty and service required from them. The Levites are in this chapter considered, I. As attendants on, and assistants to, the priests in the temple-service. And so we have an account, 1. Of the priests themselves ( ver. 1-4 ) and their work, ver. 10 . 2. Of the gift of the Levites to them ( ver. 5-9… Read the whole commentary →