3Those were the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.


In Context

1 This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord talked with Moses on Mount Sinai.

2 The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

3 Those were the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

4 Nadab and Abihu, however, fell dead before the Lord when they made an offering with unauthorized fire before him in the Desert of Sinai. They had no sons; so only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

5 The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.