Numbers 3:3
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.

Berean Standard Bible
These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were 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.

New King James Version
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister 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.

NASB 1995
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

NASB 1977
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

Legacy Standard Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister as priests.

Amplified Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom Aaron consecrated and ordained to minister in the priest’s office.

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
These are the names of the sons of Ahron the Priest who were anointed and they consecrated their hands to the Priesthood.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.

Contemporary English Version
were the ones to be ordained 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.

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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

Good News Translation
They were anointed and ordained as priests,

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

Literal Standard Version
these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he has consecrated for acting as priest.

Majority Standard Bible
These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.

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

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

New Heart English Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

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

World English Bible
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who 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.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Sons of Aaron
2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. 4Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.…

Cross References
Exodus 28:41
After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.

Numbers 3:4
Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the priests

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.

Exodus 40:13,15
And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office…

Leviticus 8:2,12,30
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; …

whom he consecrated.

Exodus 29:1-37
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, …

Leviticus 8:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Leviticus 9:1
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

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Numbers 3
1. The sons of Aaron
5. The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14. Are numbered by their families
21. The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27. Of the Kohathites
33. Of the Merarites
38. The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40. The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44. The balances are refunded














(3) Whom he consecrated . . . --Literally, filled their hand. The rites of consecration are described at length in Exodus 29:1-37, where the command given to Moses is related. and in Leviticus 8:1-13, where the account is given of the actual consecration, on which occasion the appointed sacrificial offerings were placed by Moses in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons. The act of consecration was performed by Moses in the case of Aaron's sons, as well as in that of Aaron himself.

Verse 3. - Whom he consecrated. The "he" is impersonal; the Septuagint has, "whose hands they filled."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
These
אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

[were] Aaron’s
אַהֲרֹ֔ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

sons,
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

the anointed
הַמְּשֻׁחִ֑ים (ham·mə·šu·ḥîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 4886: To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint

priests,
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

were ordained
מִלֵּ֥א (mil·lê)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

to serve as priests.
לְכַהֵֽן׃ (lə·ḵa·hên)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3547: To officiate as a, priest, to put on regalia


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