Numbers 3:32

And the prince of the princes of the Levites, was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest,—to have the oversight of them that were to keep the charge of the sanctuary.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

In Context

31And their charge, was—the ark and the table and the lampstand and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary wherewith they were to minister,—and the screen, as to all the laborious work thereof.

33To Merari, belonged the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,—these, are they—the families of Merari.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:16But the care of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [shall be] —the light-giving oil, and the fragrant incense, and the perpetual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the care of all the habitation, and all that is therein, both as to the sanctuary, and as to the furniture thereof.

Numbers 4:40yea they who were numbered of them, by their families, by their ancestral house,—were found to be—two thousand, and six hundred, and thirty.

Numbers 20:25Take thou Aaron, and Eleazar his son,—and bring them up Mount Hor;

1 Chronicles 9:14And, of the Levites, Shemaiah, son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

Ezra 7:5son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eliazar, son of Aaron the first priest;—

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →

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