Numbers 3:1
And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, on the day that the Lord spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar.
Cross References
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him:
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:27These are they that spoke to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, to bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt: these are Moses and Aaron.
Leviticus 27:34These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children 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 →