Numbers 3:30
“And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.”
Numbers 3:30 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And the prince of the fathers house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- DARBYDarby
- And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And the prince of a father's house for the families of the Kohathite is Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
Context: Numbers 3
28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32And 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.
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.