Numbers 3:1
These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses/me when Yahweh spoke to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2Aaron’s four sons were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Cross References
Genesis 5:1Here is a list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he caused them to be like him in many ways.
Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi, in the order in which they were born: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi was 137 years old when he died.
Exodus 6:27They/We were the ones who spoke to the king of Egypt about bringing the Israeli people out of Egypt.
Leviticus 27:34Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain to tell to the people.
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 →