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href="/bsb/numbers/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/3.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is the family line of Aaron and Moses as it was recorded when the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />These also <i>are</i> the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day <i>that</i> the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now these <i>are</i> the records of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now these are <i>the records of</i> the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when Yahweh spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now these are the <i>records of the</i> generations of Aaron and Moses in the day when the LORD spoke [by special revelation] with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When the LORD talked with Moses on Mount Sinai, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is the list of Aaron and Moses' descendants at the time when the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />This is the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is a record of the genealogies of Aaron and Moses current as of the day on which the LORD addressed Moses on Mount Sinai. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day of YHWH’s speaking with Moses in Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And these are births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah's speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And these the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day Jehovah spake to Moses in mount Sinai.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the Lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />These are the offspring of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the lineage of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THESE are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And these are the families of Ahron and of Moshe in the day when LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe in the mountain of Sinai.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And these <i>are</i> the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/3-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=644" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/3.htm">The Sons of Aaron</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: wə·’êl·leh (Conj-w:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/8435.htm" title="8435: tō·wl·ḏōṯ (N-fpc) -- Generations. Or toldah; from yalad; descent, i.e. Family; history.">is the account</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">of Aaron</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: ū·mō·šeh (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">and Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·wm (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">at the time</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: bə·har (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">on Mount</a> <a href="/hebrew/5514.htm" title="5514: sî·nāy (N-proper-fs) -- The mountain where the law was given. Of uncertain derivation; Sinai, mountain of Arabia.">Sinai.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-16.htm">Exodus 6:16-20</a></span><br />These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. / The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans. / The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/28-1.htm">Exodus 28:1</a></span><br />“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-1.htm">Leviticus 8:1-13</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, / and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-9.htm">Exodus 29:9</a></span><br />Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-12.htm">Exodus 40:12-15</a></span><br />Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water. / And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest. / Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-3.htm">1 Chronicles 6:3</a></span><br />The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm">1 Chronicles 23:13</a></span><br />The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-4.htm">Hebrews 5:4</a></span><br />No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-11.htm">Hebrews 7:11</a></span><br />Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a></span><br />Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3</a></span><br />And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm">Hebrews 9:6-7</a></span><br />When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties. / But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-28.htm">1 Samuel 2:28</a></span><br />And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/2-27.htm">1 Kings 2:27</a></span><br />So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/26-18.htm">2 Chronicles 26:18</a></span><br />They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.</p><p class="hdg">generations</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Genesis 2:4</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/5-1.htm">Genesis 5:1</a></b></br> This <i>is</i> the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-1.htm">Genesis 10:1</a></b></br> Now these <i>are</i> the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.</p><p class="hdg">spake</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Numbers 1:1</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first <i>day</i> of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/25-1.htm">Leviticus 25:1</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-34.htm">Leviticus 27:34</a></b></br> These <i>are</i> the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/2-1.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-52.htm">Account</a> <a href="/numbers/1-40.htm">Births</a> <a href="/numbers/2-34.htm">Family</a> <a href="/numbers/1-42.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/numbers/2-34.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-34.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/numbers/1-42.htm">Records</a> <a href="/numbers/1-19.htm">Sinai</a> <a href="/exodus/34-33.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/exodus/34-31.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-35.htm">Time</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/3-2.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/numbers/6-7.htm">Account</a> <a href="/numbers/3-41.htm">Births</a> <a href="/numbers/3-21.htm">Family</a> <a href="/numbers/9-10.htm">Generations</a> <a href="/numbers/5-8.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/numbers/3-5.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/numbers/8-2.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-16.htm">Records</a> <a href="/numbers/3-4.htm">Sinai</a> <a href="/numbers/7-89.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/numbers/6-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/3-16.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-1.htm">The sons of Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-5.htm">The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-14.htm">Are numbered by their families</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-21.htm">The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-27.htm">Of the Kohathites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-33.htm">Of the Merarites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-38.htm">The place and charge of Moses and Aaron</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-40.htm">The firstborn are freed by the Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/3-44.htm">The balances are refunded</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Aaron, the first high priest, and Moses, the prophet and leader, were chosen by God to lead the Israelites. Their roles are foundational in establishing the priesthood and the law. Aaron's priesthood is a type of Christ's eternal priesthood, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/5-4.htm">Hebrews 5:4-5</a>, where Christ is compared to Aaron in terms of divine appointment.<p><b>at the time the LORD spoke with Moses</b><br>This indicates a specific period when God communicated directly with Moses, highlighting the unique relationship between God and Moses. This divine communication underscores Moses' role as a mediator between God and the Israelites, prefiguring Christ as the ultimate mediator (<a href="/1_timothy/2-5.htm">1 Timothy 2:5</a>). The phrase also points to the authority of the instructions given, as they come directly from God.<p><b>on Mount Sinai</b><br>Mount Sinai is a significant location in biblical history, where God gave the Ten Commandments and the law to Moses. It represents a place of divine revelation and covenant-making. The events at Sinai are foundational for the identity and religious practices of Israel. The mountain is traditionally identified with Jebel Musa in the Sinai Peninsula, though its exact location is debated. Sinai serves as a type of the heavenly Mount Zion, where believers will gather in the presence of God (<a href="/hebrews/12-18.htm">Hebrews 12:18-24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. He played a crucial role in the spiritual leadership of the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and guide them through the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The mountain where God communicated His laws and commandments to Moses, a pivotal location for the Israelites' covenant relationship with God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal presence and faithfulness to His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_records.htm">The Records</a></b><br>Refers to the genealogical and priestly records of Aaron and Moses, highlighting the importance of lineage and divine calling in the service of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_leadership.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Leadership</a></b><br>Aaron and Moses exemplify the necessity of godly leadership in guiding and maintaining the spiritual health of a community. Leaders today should seek to emulate their dedication and obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_divine_calling.htm">The Significance of Divine Calling</a></b><br>The records of Aaron and Moses remind us that God calls individuals for specific purposes. Believers should seek to understand and fulfill their unique callings in service to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_heritage_and_legacy.htm">The Role of Heritage and Legacy</a></b><br>The genealogical records underscore the importance of spiritual heritage. Christians are encouraged to pass down their faith and values to future generations, ensuring a lasting legacy of faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_centrality_of_god's_word.htm">The Centrality of God's Word</a></b><br>The communication between God and Moses at Mount Sinai highlights the centrality of God's Word in guiding His people. Believers should prioritize Scripture as the foundation for their lives and decisions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_korah_oppose_moses_and_aaron.htm">Why did Korah rebel against Moses and Aaron?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_levite_genealogies_match_history.htm">Numbers 3 – Do the Levite genealogies align with any known historical or archaeological evidence outside the Bible? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_32_align_with_aaron's_role.htm">How does the portrayal of Aaron's role in Exodus 32 align with other biblical depictions of him, and does it reveal inconsistencies across different texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_eternal_priesthood_fit_lineage.htm">How does the notion of an eternal priesthood “without beginning of days or end of life” (Hebrews 7:3) align with other biblical texts that emphasize human lineage and mortality for priests?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>III.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses . . . --</span>The name of Aaron is placed first, not only because he was the elder brother, but also because the ministry of Moses was restricted to his own person, and his sons are merely classed amongst the rest of the Levitical families in <a href="/1_chronicles/23-14.htm" title="Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.">1Chronicles 23:14</a>; whereas the office of Aaron was perpetuated in the persons of his descendants. Hence we find no mention made in this place of the sons of Moses, but only of those of Aaron. The word <span class= "ital">generations </span>here, as in the book of Genesis (<span class= "ital">e.g., </span><a href="/genesis/6-9.htm" title="These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.">Genesis 6:9</a>; <a href="/genesis/25-19.htm" title="And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:">Genesis 25:19</a>) and elsewhere, is used to denote the <span class= "ital">history; </span>and in this sense the present and the following chapters pertain as much to Moses as to Aaron. Or the reference may be to the fact that Moses and Aaron were made the heads of the whole tribe of Levi, and therefore that the Levitical families generally are traced up equally to both.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">These... are the generations of Aaron and Moses.</span> The word "generations" (<span class="accented">toledoth</span>) is used here in a peculiar and, so to speak, technical sense, with reference to what follows, as in <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Genesis 2:4</a>; <a href="/genesis/6-9.htm">Genesis 6:9</a>. It marks a new departure, looking <span class="accented">down</span>, not <span class="accented">up</span>, the course of history. Moses and Aaron were a beginning in themselves as the chosen heads of the chosen tribe: Moses having the higher office, but one entirely personal to himself; Aaron being the first of a long and eminent line of priests. The actual genealogy, therefore, is that of Aaron, and he is placed first. In <span class="cmt_word">the day.</span> Apparently the day mentioned in <a href="/numbers/1-1.htm">Numbers 1:1</a>; or it may be more general, as in <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Genesis 2:4</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/3-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">This</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֛לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the account</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·wl·ḏōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8435.htm">Strong's 8435: </a> </span><span class="str2">Descent, family, history</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Aaron</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the time</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּי֗וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spoke</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּבֶּ֧ר</span> <span class="translit">(dib·ber)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arrange, to speak, to subdue</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on Mount</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהַ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·har)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sinai.</span><br /><span class="heb">סִינָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(sî·nāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5514.htm">Strong's 5514: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sinai -- the mountain where the law was given</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/3-1.htm">Numbers 3:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/3-1.htm">OT Law: Numbers 3:1 Now this is the history (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/2-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 2:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 2:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/3-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 3:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 3:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>