1 Chronicles 6:3

1 Chronicles 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Context of 1 Chronicles 6:3

1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas the father of Abishua, 5Abishua the father of Bukki, Bukki the father of Uzzi,

1 Chronicles 6:3 word by word

וּבְנֵ֣י עַמְרָ֔ם אַהֲרֹ֥ן וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה וּמִרְיָ֑ם ס וּבְנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֔ן נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Amramעַמְרָם‛amrâm · AmramH6019
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• and Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• and Miriamמִרְיָםmiryâm · MiriamH4813
• Nadabנָדָבnâdâb · NadabH5070
• and Abihuאֲבִיהוּא'ăbîyhû' · AbihuH30
• Eleazarאֶלְעָזָר'el‛âzâr · EleazarH499
• and Ithamarאִיתָמָר'îythâmâr · IthamarH385

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:3

• 1 Chronicles 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart, he and his descendants forever, to consecrate the most holy things, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to minister before him and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.
• Exodus 6:20Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, who bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
• Exodus 2:4His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.
• Micah 6:4I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.
• 1 Chronicles 24:1These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
• Exodus 6:23Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
• Exodus 24:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance,
• Exodus 28:1“Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may serve me as priests.
• Leviticus 10:1Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command.
• 1 Chronicles 24:3With the help of Zadok a descendant of Eleazar and Ahimelek a descendant of Ithamar, David separated them into divisions for their appointed order of ministering.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-15After the exile in Babylon, the Judean community needed to confirm the legitimate ancestry of the priests. This genealogy of Kohath linked the ancestors from the Pentateuch to the high priests up to Judah's exile in 586 BC. Other records connected the priests after the exile to this lineage (see Ezra 3:2; 7:1–6; Haggai 1:1). Not all high priests were included in this list.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-481Ch 6:1-48. Line of the Priests. 5. Uzzi--It is supposed that, in his days, the high priesthood was, for unrecorded reasons, transferred from Eleazar's family to Ithamar's, in which it continued for several generations.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 6:3

• Aaron
• Amram
• Ithamar

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Eleazar
• Miriam
• Moses
• Abihu
• Ithamar
• Zadok
• Abiasaph
• Ahitub
• Amram

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary