Numbers 3:6

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

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

In Context

5Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,

7They will serve Aaron and all the other Israeli people, while they do their work inside the Sacred Tent and outside it.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:26So he/I stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “Everyone who is loyal to Yahweh should come closer to me!” So the descendants of Levi gathered around him/me.

Numbers 1:50Appoint the male descendants of Levi to take care of the Sacred Tent and the chest inside it that contains the tablets on which are written the Ten Commandments. They must also take care of the other things that are inside the tent. When you travel, they are the ones who must carry the tent and all the things that are inside it, and they must take care of it and set up their tents around it.

Numbers 2:33But just as Yahweh had commanded, the names of the descendants of Levi were not included.

Numbers 8:16They will belong to me. They will work for me as substitutes for the firstborn males of all the Israelis, who also belong to me.

Numbers 16:9The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. ◄Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing► to you [RHQ]?

Numbers 18:1Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones ◄who will be punished/whom I will punish► if anything bad happens to the things inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad.

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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