Geneva Study Bible Commentary
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.
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.
CHAPTER III _The generations of Aaron and Moses_, 1-4. _The tribe of Levi to minister to the Lord under Aaron and his_ _sons_, 5-10. _They are taken in the place of the first-born_, 11-13. _Moses...
The “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 g...
3. THE LEVITES AND THEIR MINISTRATIONS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The generations of the priests (Numbers 3:1)_ 2. The tribe of Levi and their ministry (Numbers 3:5) 3. The Levites substituted for all the fir...
AARON'S SONS. These constituted a priestly order (Numbers 3:10). The description of these (who during their father's lifetime were only ordinary priests) as anointed (Numbers 3:3) agrees with Exodus 4...
GENERATIONS. The twelfth occurrence (eleven in Genesis (see p. 1), one here, one in Ruth 4:18, one in Matthew 1:1, fourteen (2. 7, see App-10) in all. THE LORD. Jehovah, Israel's Covenant God. See Ap...
_these are the generations_ A formula occurring several times in P; Genesis 5:1; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 10:1; Genesis 11:10;...
The generations of Aaron....
THESE ALSO ARE THE GENERATIONS OF AARON AND MOSES— As the posterity of Aaron only is mentioned, some have thought that _generations_ here signifies, not only _posterity,_ but _acts,_ passages of their...
V. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LEVITES (NUMBERS 3) A. THE SONS OF AARON vv. 1-4 TEXT Numbers 3:1. These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount...
_THESE ALSO ARE THE GENERATIONS OF AARON AND MOSES IN THE DAY THAT THE LORD SPAKE WITH MOSES IN MOUNT SINAI._ These also are the generations ..., х_ TOWLªDOWT_ (H8435)] - (see the notes at Genesis 2:...
3:1 generations (a-5) As Genesis 2:4 ....
THE LEVITES, THEIR DUTIES AND NUMBER Although Aaron and his family belong to the tribe of Levi (Exodus 2:1) the term 'Levites' is usually employed, as here, to denote the non-Aaronite Levites. The fam...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 3 AARON’S SONS – NUMBERS 3:1-4 V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses on Sinai mountain. This is the family of Aaron and Mos
III. (1) THESE ALSO ARE THE GENERATIONS OF AARON AND MOSES... — 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 h...
וְ אֵ֛לֶּה תֹּולְדֹ֥ת אַהֲרֹ֖ן וּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה בְּ
PRIESTS AND LEVITES 1. THE PRIESTHOOD Numbers 3:1 In the opening verse of this chapter, which relates to the designation of the priesthood, Moses is named, for once, after his brother. According to...
44-51, THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FIRST-BORN Numbers 3:1 The Levites were taken, instead of the firstborn sons of Israel, to perform the service of the Tabernacle. There were nearly as many Levites as fi...
The account of the arrangements for the service of the Levites is fully and carefully given in this and the following chapter. In the rites are certain matters of principle which are of permanent valu...
_Generations; descendants of Aaron, whose names are specified; and of Moses, whose children are left unnoticed among the rest of the Levites, ver. 27. This enhances the merit of the Jewish legislator,...
CONTENTS As the preceding Chapter related to the numbering Israel in tribes, and families; so the present hath reference, to the ordering the Levites, as the more immediate servants in the LORD'S min...
It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
1._These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses _He now separately enumerates the Levites; but, before he proceeds to state their number, he first shortly refers to what he had just before more f...
In chapter 3 we have the Levites set apart, according to the thoughts of God, for service. They are a figure of the church, or rather of the members of the church in their service, even as the priests...
THESE ALSO [ARE] THE GENERATIONS OF AARON AND MOSES,.... The descendants of them, those of the former, who is named first, because the eldest, were priests, and those of the latter Levites, and who ar...
_These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai._ Ver. 1. _Of Aaron and Moses._] Of Aaron by nature, of Moses by education and instruct...
All the other tribes being mustered and registered, and the genealogy of each stated, next follows all account of the priests and Levites, first of their descent from the two principal heads of their...
[THE LEUITES ARE NUMBRED.] 1 The sonnes of Aaron. 5 The Leuites are giuen to the Priests for the seruice of the Tabernacle, 11 in stead of the first borne. 14 The Leuites are numbred by their fami...
THE FORMAL CHARGE...
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in Mount Sinai, that is, this is their further history at this point. Aaron is here named first, because his...
THE SONS OF AARON (vs.1-4) Aaron was the high priest, and in Israel a natural succession was practiced, as is not true in the Church of God today In fact, a special priesthood is not scriptural now,...
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...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 3 The genealogy of Moses, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab and Abihu, NUMBERS 3:1. The Levites are joined with them in the administration of the tabernacle, NUMBERS 3:5, instead of all the f...
Numbers 4:1-49. What a marvellous spectacle was the camp of Israel, in that waste howling wilderness! What a spectacle to angels, to men, and to devils! God's eye ever rested upon it. His presence was...
Numbers 3:1 records H8435 Aaron H175 Moses H4872 when H3117 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8763) Moses H4872 Mount...
‘Now these are the generations (family histories, records) of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in mount Sinai.' This is probably the remnants of a colophon closing off this mili...
CONTENTS: Order of the host; placing of the Levites. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Having gifts differing according to the Grace given us if ministry, let us wait on our ministering (Ro...
Numbers 3:9. _Thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron._ God has a sovereign right to choose and call his own ministers. The service of the tabernacle would be better done by a separate tribe professional...
_The priests which were anointed._ AARON AND HIS SONS: PARENTS AND CHILDREN In Numbers 3:1 we have-- I. An incidental illustration of the exalted personal character and the divine mission of Moses....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 3:1__ The two censuses of Levites count different groups. The first (Numbers 3:1) counts every male Levite over one month old. The male Levites took the place of the firstborn...
Critical Notes.—“Muster of the Tribe of Levi. As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of heads of tribes, the tribe of Levi founded, strictly sp...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE FIRSTBORN (Numbers 3:1)....
Now in chapter three, God had Moses set out the tribe of Levi into three major families: the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath and Merari. And so the Levites were divided into the three major fa...
Exodus 6:16; Exodus 6:20; Genesis 10:1; Genesis 2:4; Genesis 5:1;...
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...