Numbers 3:3
Good News Translation
They were anointed and ordained as priests,

New Revised Standard Version
these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister as priests.

Contemporary English Version
were the ones to be ordained as priests.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
These 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

These 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 priests

Exodus 28:41 And with all these things thou shalt vest Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

Exodus 40:13,15 Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood. . . .

Leviticus 8:2,12,30 Take Aaron with his sons, their vestments, and the oil of unction: a calf for sin, two rams, a basket with unleavened bread. . . .

whom he consecrated.

Exodus 29:1-37 And thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish, . . .

Leviticus 8:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Leviticus 9:1 And when the eighth day was come, Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the ancients of Israel, and said to Aaron:

Hebrews 7:28 For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for evermore.

Context
The Sons of Aaron
2And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 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.4Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.…
Cross References
Exodus 28:41
And with all these things thou shalt vest Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him. And thou shalt consecrate the hands of them all, and shalt sanctify them, that they may do the office of priesthood unto me.

Numbers 3:4
Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.

Numbers 3:2
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