Numbers 3:5

And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

4And Nadav and Avihu died before Hashem, when they offered eish zarah (unauthorized fire) before Hashem, in the midbar of Sinai, and they had no children; and El'azar and Itamar ministered in the kohenʼs office in the sight of Aharon their av. + 3:4 Lv 10

6Bring the tribe of Levi near, + 3:6 i.e., present them as offerings are presented and present them before Aharon HaKohen, that they may minister unto him. + 3:6 i.e., help, be of service to him

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Cross References

Numbers 8:11And Aharon shall offer the Levi'im before Hashem for a tenufah from the Bnei Yisroel, that they may perform the Avodat Hashem.

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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