Numbers 3:1
These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the Lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai.
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Genesis 5:1This is the book of the lineage of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindred: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Now the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
Exodus 6:27These are those who speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, in order to lead the sons of Israel out of Egypt. These are Moses and Aaron,
Leviticus 27:34These are the precepts, which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on 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 →