Numbers 3:2
“And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.”
Numbers 3:2 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- DARBYDarby
- And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the first-born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;
- BPVBiblePics Version
- And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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.
4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
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.