Numbers 3 · Verse 2

Numbers 3:2

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers 3:2, King James Version

Numbers 3:2 in other translations

BSBThese are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
WEBThese are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
ASVAnd these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
YLTAnd these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the first-born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;
DARBYAnd these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
BBEThese are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
WebsterAnd these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

What does Numbers 3:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:2-4
2-4. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron--All the sons of Aaron, four in number, were consecrated to minister in the priest's office. The two oldest enjoyed but a brief term of office (Le 10:1, 2; Nu 3:4; 26:61); but Eleazar and Ithamar, the other two, were dutiful, and performed the sacred service during the lifetime of their father, as his assistants, and under his superintendence.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:1-13

Chapter Outline The 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…

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Numbers 3:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵ֛לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428
שְׁמ֥וֹתshe.Mot[are] [the] names ofH8034
בְּֽנֵי\־be.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
הַבְּכ֣וֹר\׀ha.be.Khorthe firstbornH1060
נָדָ֑בna.DavNadabH5070
וַאֲבִיה֕וּאva.'a.vi.Hu'and AbihuH30
אֶלְעָזָ֖ר'el.'a.ZarEleazarH499
וְאִיתָמָֽר\׃ve.'i.ta.Marand IthamarH385

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 3:2

  • Exodus 6:23

    And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Numbers 26:60

    And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:1

    Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Exodus 28:1

    And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:3

    And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
26:60; Ex 6:23; 28:1; 1Ch 6:3; 24:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 3:1

    These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

  • Numbers 3:2

    And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

  • Numbers 3:3

    These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

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Numbers 3:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Aarón: Nadab el primogénito, y Abiú, Eleazar, é Ithamar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce sont ici les noms des fils d’Aaron: le premier-né, Nadab, et Abihu, Éléazar et Ithamar.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und dies sind die Namen der Söhne Aarons: der Erstgeborene Nadab, und Abihu, Eleasar und Ithamar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et hæc nomina filiorum Aaron: primogenitus ejus Nadab, deinde Abiu, et Eleazar, et Ithamar.