What does Numbers 3:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office."
WHOM HE CONSECRATED - i. e. whom Moses consecrated, or literally as in the margin, whose “hand he filled,” by conferring their office upon them (Leviticus 8:1 ff)....
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...
THESE. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Samaritan Pentateuch, Targum of Onkelos, and Syriac, read "And these". WHOM HE CONSECRATED. See note on Exodus 28:41....
The generations of Aaron....
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 moun...
_AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF THE SONS OF AARON; NADAB THE FIRSTBORN, AND ABIHU, ELEAZAR, AND ITHAMAR._ These are the names. All the sons of Aaron, four in number, were consecrated to minister in the p...
3:3 consecrated (b-15) See Exodus 28:41 ....
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 Moses...
WHOM HE CONSECRATED... — Literally, _filled their hand._ The rites of consecration are described at length in Exodus 29:1, where the command given to Moses is related. and in Leviticus 8:1, where the...
אֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמֹות֙ בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֔ן הַ כֹּהֲנִ֖ים הַ מְּשֻׁחִ֑ים אֲשֶׁר ־מִלֵּ֥א יָדָ֖ם לְ כַהֵֽן׃...
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 f...
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...
Let the Reader not lose sight of the intention, which probably the HOLY GHOST had in view, in causing the sin of Aaron's two eldest sons to be again mentioned. The church of GOD is a sacred inclosure...
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...
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 [ARE] THE NAMES OF THE SONS OF AARON, THE PRIESTS THAT WERE ANOINTED,.... With the holy, anointing oil, with which they were anointed when, Aaron was and they only, see Exodus 30:30; WHOM HE CO...
These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. Ver. 3. _Which were anointed._] And so should have walked, as beca...
[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...
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,...
WHOM HE CONSECRATED: _ Heb._ whose hand he filled...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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 wa...
Numbers 3:3 names H8034 sons H1121 Aaron H175 anointed H4886 (H8803) priests H3548 consecrated H4390 (H8765) H3027 priests H3547 (H8763) the priests - Exodus 28:41, Exodus 40:13, Exodus 40:15;...
CHAPTER 3 THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES. In this chapter more information is given about the priests and Levites, those set apart by Yahweh to watch over His Dwellingplace. Their task was to watch over...
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). NUMBERS 3:1 THESE … ARE THE GENERATIONS OF AARON AND MOSES. The word "generations" (_toledoth_)_...
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 28:41; Exodus 29:1; Exodus 40:13; Exodus 40:15; Hebrews 7:28; Leviticus 8:12; Leviticus 8:1; Leviticus 8:2; Leviticus 8:30...