Numbers 3:1
“These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.”
Numbers 3:1 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
- DARBYDarby
- And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And these are births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah's speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Context: Numbers 3
1These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
About Numbers 3: The Levites
A second census is taken of the Levites, and their duties in serving the Tabernacle are outlined.
Commentary
In Numbers 3, we see the Lord instructing Moses to take a census of the Levites, who were to serve as the priests of Israel. The Lord commands that all males from the age of one month and older were to be counted. The Lord then instructs Moses to assign the Levites to the service of the tabernacle, and to assign them to the various tasks of the tabernacle. The Lord also commands that the Levites were to be redeemed from the other tribes of Israel, and that they were to be given to Aaron and his sons as a special gift from the Lord.