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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 3:3

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 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;   Hafṭarah;   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.
Easy-to-Read Version
These sons were the chosen priests. They were given the special work of serving the Lord as priests.
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.
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 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that 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 they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. 5 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 6 'Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given unto him from the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.'

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
And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'
Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'
Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
1 Chronicles 16:22
'Touch not Mine anointed ones, and do My prophets no harm.'
Job 1:11
But put forth Thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'
Job 2:5
But put forth Thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'
Job 19:21
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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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