Numbers 3:5

The Lord told Moses,

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In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

4Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord's presence when they offered forbidden fire before the Lord in the Sinai desert. Since they didn't have any sons, Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests while their father Aaron was alive.

6“Gather the tribe of Levi together and present them to Aaron the priest to help him with the ministry.

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Cross References

Numbers 8:11Aaron shall present the Levites to the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they can do the Lord's work.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:2-14

The Separation of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in Mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord , when they offered strange fire before the Lord , in the wilderness of Sinai, and… Read the whole commentary →

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