Numbers 3:3
Strong's Lexicon
These
אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent

[were] Aaron’s
אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron = 'light bringer' 1) brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest

sons,
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

the anointed
הַמְּשֻׁחִ֑ים (ham·mə·šu·ḥîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4886: 1) to smear, anoint, spread a liquid 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to smear 1a2) to anoint (as consecration) 1a3) to anoint, consecrate 1b) (Niphal) to be anointed

priests,
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

were ordained
מִלֵּ֥א (mil·lê)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: 1) to fill, be full 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be full 1a1a) fulness, abundance (participle) 1a1b) to be full, be accomplished, be ended 1a2) to consecrate, fill the hand 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be filled, be armed, be satisfied 1b2) to be accomplished, be ended 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to fill 1c2) to satisfy 1c3) to fulfil, accomplish, complete 1c4) to confirm 1d) (Pual) to be filled 1e) (Hithpael) to mass themselves against

יָדָ֖ם (yā·ḏām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

to serve as priests.
לְכַהֵֽן׃ (lə·ḵa·hên)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3547: 1) to act as a priest, minister in a priest's office 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to minister as a priest, serve as a priest 1a2) to be or become a priest 1a3) to play the priest

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

Young's Literal Translation
these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

New American Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

King James Bible
These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Those were the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

New Living Translation
These sons of Aaron were anointed and ordained to minister as priests.

English Standard Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

New American Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

International Standard Version
who were anointed priests and whom he consecrated as priests.

NET Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.
















Cross References
Exodus 28:41
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

Numbers 3:4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Numbers 1:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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

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 2:34
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

Numbers 3:5
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 3:6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
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