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Numbers 3:3

These sons were the chosen priests. They were given the special work of serving the Lord as priests.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Anointing;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Consecration;   Surrendered Life, Characteristics of;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ithamar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Anointing;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Messiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ithamar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;   Moses;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consecrate, Consecration;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ithamar ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Anointing;   Camp and encamp;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Anointing,;   Ith'amar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Anointing;   Consecrate;   Fire;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anointing;   Hafá¹­arah;   High Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These are the names of the sons of Aharon, the Kohanim who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the Kohen's office.
King James Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Lexham English Bible
These are the names of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, the anointed ones whom he consecrated as priests.
New Century Version
These were the names of Aaron's sons, who were appointed to serve as priests.
New English Translation
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
Amplified Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom Aaron consecrated and ordained to minister in the priest's office.
New American Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the anoynted Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priests office.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister as priests.
Contemporary English Version
were the ones to be ordained as priests.
Complete Jewish Bible
These were the names of the sons of Aharon the cohen, whom he anointed and ordained as cohanim.
Darby Translation
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.
English Standard Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
George Lamsa Translation
These are the names of the sons of Aaron the priest, who were anointed and consecrated to minister in the priests office.
Good News Translation
They were anointed and ordained as priests,
Christian Standard Bible®
These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
Literal Translation
These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests whose hands he consecrated to act as priests.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are ye names of the sonnes of Aaron, which were anoynted to be prestes, & their handes fylled for ye presthode.
American Standard Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Bible in Basic English
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes annoynted, and whose hande was consecrated to minister.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
King James Version (1611)
These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the Priests, which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the Priests office.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.
English Revised Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Berean Standard Bible
These were Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
preestis, that weren anoyntid, and whos hondis weren fillid and halewid, that thei schulden `be set in preesthod.
Young's Literal Translation
these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.
Update Bible Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to serve in the priest's office.
Webster's Bible Translation
These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
World English Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
New King James Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
New Living Translation
These sons of Aaron were anointed and ordained to minister as priests.
New Life Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the chosen religious leaders. Aaron set them apart to work as religious leaders.
New Revised Standard
these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister as priests.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These, are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, - who were installed to minister as priests.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood.
Revised Standard Version
these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister in the priest's office.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

Contextual Overview

1 This is the family history of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord talked to Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 Aaron had four sons. Nadab was the firstborn son. Then there were Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These sons were the chosen priests. They were given the special work of serving the Lord as priests. 4 But Nadab and Abihu died while serving the Lord . They used fire that the Lord did not allow when they made an offering to him. So Nadab and Abihu died there, in the desert of Sinai. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar took their place and served the Lord as priests. This happened while their father Aaron was still alive. 5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 "Bring all the men from the tribe of Levi. Bring them to Aaron the priest. These men will be his helpers. 7 The Levites will help him when he serves at the Meeting Tent. And they will help all the Israelites when they come to worship at the Holy Tent. 8 The Israelites should protect everything in the Meeting Tent; it is their duty. But the Levites will serve the Israelites by caring for these things. This will be their way of serving at the Holy Tent. 9 "Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites were chosen from all the Israelites to help Aaron and his sons. 10 "Appoint Aaron and his sons to be priests. They must do their duty and serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to come near the holy things must be killed."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the priests: Exodus 28:41, Exodus 40:13, Exodus 40:15, Leviticus 8:2, Leviticus 8:12, Leviticus 8:30

whom he consecrated: Heb. whose hand he filled, Exodus 29:1-37, Leviticus 8:1 - Leviticus 9:24, Hebrews 7:28

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:30 - anoint Leviticus 10:1 - Nadab Leviticus 10:2 - fire Numbers 17:3 - General Hebrews 5:4 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "The woman you put here with me gave me fruit from that tree. So I ate it."
Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?" She said, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant. And when you give birth to children, you will have much pain. You will want your husband very much, but he will rule over you."
Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "I commanded you not to eat from that tree. But you listened to your wife and ate from it. So I will curse the ground because of you. You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.
Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in a dream, "Yes, I know that you are innocent and that you did not know what you were doing. I saved you. I did not allow you to sin against me. I was the one who did not allow you to sleep with her.
1 Chronicles 16:22
He said, "Don't hurt my chosen people. Don't hurt my prophets."
Job 1:11
But if you were to destroy everything he has, I promise you that he would curse you to your face."
Job 2:5
I swear, if you attack his flesh and bones, he will curse you to your face!"
Job 19:21
"Pity me, my friends, pity me, because God is against me.
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. You asked if it is better for a man not to have any sexual relations at all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed,.... With the holy, anointing oil, with which they were anointed when, Aaron was and they only, see Exodus 30:30;

whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office; that is, whom Moses consecrated, by anointing them, putting the priest's garments on them, offering sacrifice for them, and filling their hands with sacrifices which is the phrase here used for consecration: see

Exodus 29:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

whom he consecrated - i. e. whom Moses consecrated, or literally as in the margin, whose “hand he filled,” by conferring their office upon them (Leviticus 8:1 ff).


 
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