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Numbers 3:1

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Now these are [the records of] the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day [that] the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Now, these, were the pedigrees of Aaron, and Moses,—in the day when Yahweh spake with Moses in Mount Sinai.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And these [are] births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah's speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— These also were the generations of Aaron ? Moses, in the day that the Lorde spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in Mount Sinai.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— THESE are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Mosheh{gr.Moses}, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Mosheh{gr.Moses} in mount Sinai{gr.Sina}.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— These also [are] the generations of Aharon and Mosheh in the day [that] Yahweh spake with Mosheh in mount Sinay.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
These x428
(0428) Complement
אֵלֶּה
'el-leh
{ale'-leh}
Prolonged from H0411; these or those.
also [are] the generations 8435
{8435} Prime
תּוֹלְדָה
towl@dah
{to-led-aw'}
From H3205; (plural only) descent, that is, family; (figuratively) history.
of ´Ahárön אַהֲרֹן 175
{0175} Prime
אַהֲרֹן
'Aharown
{a-har-one'}
Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.
and Möšè מֹשֶׁה 4872
{4872} Prime
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
{mo-sheh'}
From H4871; drawing out (of the water), that is, rescued; Mosheh, the Israelitish lawgiver.
in the day 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
[that] Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
spake 1696
{1696} Prime
דִּבֵּר
dabar
{daw-bar'}
A primitive root; perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue.
z8763
<8763> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 790
with x854
(0854) Complement
אֵת
'eth
{ayth}
Probably from H0579; properly nearness (used only as a preposition or adverb), near; hence generally with, by, at, among, etc.
Möšè מֹשֶׁה 4872
{4872} Prime
מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh
{mo-sheh'}
From H4871; drawing out (of the water), that is, rescued; Mosheh, the Israelitish lawgiver.
in mount 2022
{2022} Prime
הַר
har
{har}
A shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively).
Sînay סִינַי. 5514
{5514} Prime
סִינַי
Ciynay
{see-nah'-ee}
Of uncertain derivation; Sinai, a mountain of Arabia.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Numbers 3:1

_ _ Numbers 3:1-51. The Levites’ service.

_ _ These ... are the generations of Aaron and Moses, etc. — 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 (Numbers 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, the dignity of the priesthood being conferred exclusively on the posterity of Aaron; and hence, as the sacerdotal order is the subject of this chapter, Aaron, contrary to the usual style of the sacred history, is mentioned before Moses.

_ _ in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai — This is added, because at the date of the following record the family of Aaron was unbroken.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Numbers 3:1-13

_ _ Here, I. The family of Aaron is confirmed in the priests' office, Numbers 3:10. They had been called to it before, and consecrated; here they are appointed to wait on their priests' office: the apostle uses this phrase (Romans 12:7), Let us wait on our ministry. The office of the ministry requires a constant attendance and great diligence; so frequent are the returns of its work, and yet so transient its favourable opportunities, that it must be waited on. Here is repeated what was said before (Numbers 1:51): The stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death, which forbids the invading of the priest's office by any other person whatsoever; none must come nigh to minister but Aaron and his sons only, all others are strangers. It also lays a charge on the priests, as door-keepers in God's house, to take care that none should come near who were forbidden by the law; they must keep off all intruders, whose approach would be to the profanation of the holy things, telling them that if they came near it was at their peril, they would die by the hand of God, as Uzza did. The Jews say that afterwards there was hung over the door of the temple a golden sword (perhaps alluding to that flaming sword at the entrance of the garden of Eden), on which was engraven, The stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

_ _ II. A particular account is given of this family of Aaron; what we have met with before concerning them is here repeated. 1. The consecration of the sons of Aaron, Numbers 3:3. They were all anointed to minister before the Lord, though it appeared afterwards, and God knew it, that two of them were wise and two were foolish. 2. The fall of the two elder (Numbers 3:4): they offered strange fire, and died for so doing, before the Lord. This is mentioned here in the preamble to the law concerning the priesthood, for a warning to all succeeding priests; let them know, by this example, that God is a jealous God, and will not be mocked; the holy anointing oil was an honour to the obedient, but not a shelter to the disobedient. It is here said, They had no children, Providence so ordering it, for their greater punishment, that none of their descendants should remain to be priests, and so bear up their name who had profaned God's name. 3. The continuance of the two younger: Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron. It intimates, (1.) The care they took about their ministration not to make any blunders; they kept under their father's eye, and took instruction from him in all they did, because, probably, Nadab and Abihu got out of their father's sight when they offered strange fire. Note, It is good for young people to act under the direction and inspection of those that are aged and experienced. (2.) The comfort Aaron took in it; it pleased him to see his younger sons behave themselves prudently and gravely, when his two elder had miscarried. Note, It is a great satisfaction to parents to see their children walk in the truth, 3 John 1:4.

_ _ III. A grant is made of the Levites to be assistants to the priests in their work: Give the Levites to Aaron, Numbers 3:9. Aaron was to have a greater propriety in, and power over, the tribe of Levi than any other of the prices had in and over their respective tribes. There was a great deal of work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only three pairs of hands to do it all, Aaron's and his two sons'; for it does not appear that they had either of them any children at this time, at least not any that were of age to minister, therefore God appoints the Levites to attend upon them. Note, Those whom God finds work for his will find help for. Here is, 1. The service for which the Levites were designed: they were to minister to the priests in their ministration to the Lord (Numbers 3:6), and to keep Aaron's charge (Numbers 3:7), as the deacons to the bishops in the evangelical constitution, serving at tables, while the bishops waited on their ministry. The Levites killed the sacrifices, and then the priests needed only to sprinkle the blood and burn the fat: the Levites prepared the incense, the priests burnt it. They were to keep, not only Aaron's charge, but the charge of the whole congregation. Note, It is a great trust that is reposed in ministers, not only for the glory of Christ, but for the good of his church; so that they must not only keep the charge of the great high priest, but must also be faithful to the souls of men, in trust for whom a dispensation is committed to them. 2. the consideration upon which the Levites were demanded; they were taken instead of the first-born. The preservation of the first-born of Israel, when all the first-born of the Egyptians (with whom they were many of them mingled) were destroyed, was looked upon by him who never makes any unreasonable demands as cause sufficient of the appropriating of all the first-born thenceforward to himself (Numbers 3:13): All the first-born are mine. That was sufficient to make them his, though he had given no reason for it, for he is the sole fountain and Lord of all beings and powers; but because all obedience must flow from love, and acts of duty must be acts of gratitude, before they were challenged into peculiar services they were crowned with peculiar favours. Note, When he that made us saves us we are thereby laid under further obligations to serve him and live to him. God's right to us by redemption corroborates the right he has to us by creation. Now because the first-born of a family are generally the favourites, and some would think it a disparagement to have their eldest sons servants to the priests, and attending before the door of the tabernacle, God took the tribe of Levi entire for his own, in lieu of the first-born, Numbers 3:12. Note, God's institutions put no hardships upon men in any of their just interests or reasonable affections. It was presumed that the Israelites would rather part with the Levites than with the first-born, and therefore God graciously ordered the exchange; yet for us he spared not his own Son.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 3:1

These — Which follow in this chapter. The generations — The kindred or family. Moses his family and children are here included under the general name of the Amramites, Numbers 3:27, which includes all the children and grand — children of Amram, the persons only of Aaron and Moses being excepted. And the generations of Moses are thus obscurely mentioned, because they were but common Levites, the priesthood being given solely to Aaron's posterity, whence Aaron is here put before Moses, who elsewhere is commonly named after him. In Sinai — Nadab and Abihu, were then alive, though dead at the time of taking this account.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Numbers 3:1

These also [are] the (a) generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

(a) Or, families and kindreds.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
generations:

Genesis 2:4 These [are] 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,
Genesis 5:1 This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 10:1 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Exodus 6:16 And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years.
Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

spake:

Numbers 1:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Leviticus 25:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,
Leviticus 27:34 These [are] the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
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Gn 2:4; 5:1; 10:1. Ex 6:16, 20. Lv 25:1; 27:34. Nu 1:1. Mt 1:1.

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