Numbers 3 · Verse 32

Numbers 3:32

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Numbers 3:32, King James Version

Numbers 3:32 in other translations

BSBThe chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
WEBEleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.
ASVAnd Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
YLTAnd to the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, is the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.
DARBYAnd the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary.
BBEEleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.
WebsterAnd Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

What does Numbers 3:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. chief--rather, "chiefs" of the Levites. Three persons are mentioned as chiefs of these respective divisions [Nu 3:24, 30, 35]. And Eleazar presided over them; whence he is called "the second priest" (2Ki 25:18); and in the case of the high priest's absence from illness or other necessary occasions, he performed the duties (1Ki 4:4).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's…

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Numbers 3:32 in the original Hebrew

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וּנְשִׂיא֙u.ne.Si'and [the] leader ofH5387
נְשִׂיאֵ֣יne.si.'Ei[the] leaders ofH5387
הַלֵּוִ֔יha.le.Vithe Levite[s]H3881
אֶלְעָזָ֖ר'el.'a.Zar[was] EleazarH499
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֣ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
הַכֹּהֵ֑ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548
פְּקֻדַּ֕תpe.ku.Dat[the] oversight ofH6486
שֹׁמְרֵ֖יsho.me.Rei[the] keepers ofH8104
מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶתmish.Me.ret[the] duty ofH4931
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ\׃ha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944

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Cross references for Numbers 3:32

  • 1 Chronicles 9:14-20

    And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; …

  • Numbers 4:27

    At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

  • Numbers 4:16

    And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

  • Numbers 20:25-28

    Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. And Moses did as the Lord commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:20-24

    And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: …

  • 2 Kings 25:18

    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

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4:16,27; 20:25-28; 2Ki 25:18; 1Ch 9:14-20; 26:20-24

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Context

  • Numbers 3:31

    And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

  • Numbers 3:32

    And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

  • Numbers 3:33

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

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Numbers 3:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el principal de los jefes de los Levitas será Eleazar, hijo de Aarón el sacerdote, prepósito de los que tienen la guarda del santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et le prince des princes des Lévites était Éléazar, fils d’Aaron, le sacrificateur; il était établi sur ceux qui avaient la charge du lieu saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Fürst der Fürsten Levis war Eleasar, der Sohn Aarons, des Priesters; er war Aufseher über die, welche der Hut des Heiligtums warteten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis, erit super excubitores custodiæ sanctuarii.