Numbers 3:5

Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

In Context

4But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they brought near strange fire before Yahweh in the desert of Sinai, and sons, had they none,—so then Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests, in the presence of Aaron their father.

6Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt cause it to stand before Aaron the priest,—so shall they wait upon him;

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Cross References

Numbers 8:11and Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Yahweh, from among the sons of Israel,—so shall they be for performing the laborious work of Yahweh.

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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