Numbers 3:5

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

4But, while Yahweh was watching, Nadab and Abihu died in the Sinai Desert because they burned incense in a manner that was different from what Yahweh had commanded. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar were the only sons of Aaron who were left to be priests, along with their father Aaron.

6“Bring the men of the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron, in order that they may assist him.

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Cross References

Numbers 8:11Aaron must then present them to me to be a gift from the Israeli people, in order that they can work for me at the Sacred Tent.

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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