English Standard Version
Numbers 3:1
1These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
Numbers 3:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
- New International Version (NIV)This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
- New Living Translation (NLT)This is the family line of Aaron and Moses as it was recorded when the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai:
Context of Numbers 3:1
These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
Read all of Numbers 3Numbers 3:1 word by word
וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת אַהֲרֹ֖ן וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה בְּי֗וֹם דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּהַ֥ר סִינָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 3:1
- Genesis 2:4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
- Genesis 10:1These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
- Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.
- Matthew 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- Numbers 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
- Leviticus 25:1The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying,
- Leviticus 27:34These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Commentaries on Numbers 3:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The generations of Aaron and Moses - Though Aaron and Moses are both mentioned here, yet the family of Aaron alone appears in the list: hence some have thought that the word Moses was not originally in the text. Others think that the words תלדות ואלה veelleh toledoth, these are the generations, should be rendered these are the acts, or transactions, or the history of the lives, as the same phrase may be understood in Genesis 2:4; Genesis 6:9. However this…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The “generations” (see Genesis 2:4) now given, though entitled those of Aaron and Moses (Aaron standing first as the older brother), are those of Aaron only. The personal dignity of Moses, though it gave him rank as at the head of his tribe, was not hereditary. He had, and desired to have Numbers 14:12; Exodus 32:10, no successor in his office but the distant prophet like unto himself Deuteronomy 18:18. Aaron was the ancestor of a regular succession of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The sons of Aaron, The Levites taken instead of the first-born. (1-13) The Levites numbered by their families, Their duties. (14-39) The first-born are numbered. (40-51) Verses 1-13 There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those whom God finds work for, he will find help for. The Levites were taken instead of the first-born. When He that made us…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4Aaron's family line provided the priests who led Israel's worship. Aaron's four sons were the core of Israel's priesthood. They served in God's presence on behalf of the people. God chose (ordained) them to lead and serve as ministers in the Tent of Meeting. They also acted as guardians of God's covenant with his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-511. These ... are the generations of Aaron and Moses, &c.--This chapter contains an account of their families; and although that of Moses is not detailed like his brother's, his children are included under the general designation of the Amramites (Nu 3:27), a term which comprehends all the descendants of their common father Amram. The reason why the family of Moses was so undistinguished in this record is that they were in the private ranks of the Levites…Read the comment
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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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