Darby Bible
Numbers 3
1And these are the generationsH8435 of AaronH175 and MosesH4872 in the dayH3117 that Jehovah spokeH1696 with MosesH4872 on mount SinaiH5514. 2And these are the namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of AaronH175: NadabH5070 the firstbornH1060, and AbihuH30, EleazarH499 and IthamarH385. 3These are the namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of AaronH175, the anointedH4886 priestsH3548, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood. 4And NadabH5070 and AbihuH30 diedH4191 before Jehovah when they offered strangeH2114 fireH784 before Jehovah in the wildernessH4057 of SinaiH5514, and they had no sonsH1121; and EleazarH499 and IthamarH385 exercised the priesthood in the presenceH6440 of AaronH175 their fatherH1. 5And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 6BringH7126 the tribeH4294 of LeviH3881 near, and presentH7126 them before AaronH175 the priestH3548, that they may minister unto him; 7and they shall keepH8104 his chargeH4931, and the chargeH4931 of the whole assemblyH5712, before the tentH168 of meetingH4150, to do the serviceH5656 of the tabernacleH4908. 8And they shall keepH8104 all the utensilsH3627 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150, and the chargeH4931 of the children of IsraelH3478, to do the serviceH5656 of the tabernacleH4908. 9And thou shalt giveH5414 the LevitesH3881 to AaronH175 and to his sonsH1121: they are wholly givenH5414 to him out of the children of IsraelH3478. 10And AaronH175 and his sonsH1121 shalt thou appointH6485 that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be putH4191 to deathH4191. 11And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 12And I, behold, I have takenH3947 the LevitesH3881 from among the children of IsraelH3478 instead of every firstbornH1060 that breaketh open the wombH7358 among the children of IsraelH3478, and the LevitesH3881 shall beH1961 mine; 13for every firstbornH1060 is mine. On the dayH3117 that I smote all the firstbornH1060 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, I hallowed unto me all the firstbornH1060 in IsraelH3478, both of manH120 and beast; mine shall they beH1961: I am Jehovah. 14And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872 in the wildernessH4057 of SinaiH5514, sayingH559, 15Number the sonsH1121 of LeviH3881 according to their fathers' housesH1004, after their familiesH4940; every maleH2145 from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605 shalt thou number them. 16And MosesH4872 numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as he had been commandedH6680. 17And these are the sonsH1121 of LeviH3881 by their namesH8034: GershonH1648, and KohathH6955, and MerariH4847. 18And these are the namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648 according to their familiesH4940: LibniH3845 and ShimeiH8096. 19And the sonsH1121 of KohathH6955 according to their familiesH4940: AmramH6019 and IzharH3324, HebronH2275 and UzzielH5816. 20And the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847 according to their familiesH4940: MahliH4249 and MushiH4187. These are the familiesH4940 of the LevitesH3881 according to their fathers' housesH1004. 21Of GershonH1648, the familyH4940 of the Libnites, and the familyH4940 of the Shimites: these are the familiesH4940 of the Gershonites. 22Those that were numbered of them, according to the numberH4557 of all the malesH2145, from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, those that were numbered of them were sevenH7651 thousandH505 fiveH2568 hundredH3967. 23The familiesH4940 of the Gershonites encampedH2583 behind the tabernacleH4908 westward. 24And the princeH5387 of the father's houseH1004 of the Gershonites was EliasaphH460 the sonH1121 of Lael. 25And the chargeH4931 of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150 was: the tabernacleH4908 and the tentH168, its coveringH4372, and the curtain of the entranceH6607 to the tentH168 of meetingH4150. 26And the hangings of the courtH2691, and the curtain of the entranceH6607 to the courtH2691, which surrounds the tabernacleH4908 and the altarH4196, and the cordsH4340 thereof for all its serviceH5656. 27And of KohathH6955, the familyH4940 of the Amramites, and the familyH4940 of the Izharites, and the familyH4940 of the Hebronites, and the familyH4940 of the Uzzielites: these are the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956. 28According to the numberH4557 of all the malesH2145, from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, there were eightH8083 thousandH505 sixH8337 hundredH3967, who keptH8104 the chargeH4931 of the sanctuaryH6944. 29The familiesH4940 of the sonsH1121 of KohathH6955 encampedH2583 on the sideH3409 of the tabernacleH4908 southward. 30And the princeH5387 of the father's houseH1004 of the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956 was ElizaphanH469 the sonH1121 of UzzielH5816. 31And their chargeH4931 was the arkH727, and the tableH7979, and the candlestick, and the altarsH4196, and the utensilsH3627 of the sanctuaryH6944 with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its serviceH5656. 32And the princeH5387 of princesH5387 of the LevitesH3881 was EleazarH499 the sonH1121 of AaronH175 the priestH3548: he had the oversightH6486 of them that keptH8104 the chargeH4931 of the sanctuaryH6944. 33Of MerariH4847 was the familyH4940 of the Mahlites, and the familyH4940 of the Mushites: these are the familiesH4940 of MerariH4847. 34And those that were numbered of them, according to the numberH4557 of all the malesH2145, from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, were sixH8337 thousandH505 twoH3967 hundredH3967. 35And the princeH5387 of the father's houseH1004 of the familiesH4940 of MerariH4847 was Zuriel the sonH1121 of AbihailH32. They encampedH2583 on the sideH3409 of the tabernacleH4908 northward. 36And the chargeH4931 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847 consisted in the oversightH6486 of the boards of the tabernacleH4908, and its barsH1280, and its pillarsH5982, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its serviceH5656, 37and the pillarsH5982 of the courtH2691 roundH5439 about, and their bases, and their pegsH3489, and their cordsH4340. 38And those who encampedH2583 before the tabernacleH4908 eastward, before the tentH168 of meetingH4150 toward the sunrising, were MosesH4872, and AaronH175 and his sonsH1121, who keptH8104 the chargeH4931 of the sanctuaryH4720 for the chargeH4931 of the children of IsraelH3478; and the stranger that cometh near shall be putH4191 to deathH4191. 39All that were numbered of the LevitesH3881, whom MosesH4872 and AaronH175 numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, according to their familiesH4940, all the malesH2145 from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, were twenty-two thousandH505. 40And Jehovah saidH559 to MosesH4872, NumberH4557 all the first-born malesH2145 of the children of IsraelH3478 from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, and takeH5375 the numberH4557 of their namesH8034. 41And thou shalt takeH3947 the LevitesH3881 for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstbornH1060 among the children of IsraelH3478; and the cattleH929 of the LevitesH3881, instead of all the firstlings among the cattleH929 of the children of IsraelH3478. 42And MosesH4872 numbered, as Jehovah had commandedH6680 him, all the firstbornH1060 among the children of IsraelH3478. 43And all the firstbornH1060 malesH2145, by the numberH4557 of the namesH8034, from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, according to their numberingH4557, wereH1961 twenty-two thousandH505 twoH8147 hundredH3967 and seventy-three. 44And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 45TakeH3947 the LevitesH3881 instead of all the firstbornH1060 among the children of IsraelH3478, and the cattleH929 of the LevitesH3881 instead of their cattleH929; and the LevitesH3881 shall beH1961 mine: I am Jehovah. 46And for those that are to be ransomed, the twoH3967 hundredH3967 and seventy-three of the firstbornH1060 of the children of IsraelH3478, which are in excessH5736 over the LevitesH3881, 47thou shalt takeH3947 fiveH2568 shekelsH8255 apiece by the poll, according to the shekelH8255 of the sanctuaryH6944 shalt thou takeH3947 them, — twentyH6242 gerahsH1626 the shekelH8255; 48and thou shalt giveH5414 the moneyH3701 unto AaronH175 and unto his sonsH1121 for those in excessH5736 among them who are to be ransomed. 49And MosesH4872 tookH3947 the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the LevitesH3881; 50of the firstbornH1060 of the children of IsraelH3478 he tookH3947 the moneyH3701, a thousandH505 threeH7969 hundredH3967 and sixty-five [shekelsH8255], according to the shekelH8255 of the sanctuaryH6944. 51And MosesH4872 gaveH5414 the moneyH3701 of them that were ransomed to AaronH175 and to his sonsH1121, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as Jehovah had commandedH6680 MosesH4872.
Commentaries on Numbers 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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