These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Parallel translations
- KJV Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- BSB These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- NKJV Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- NASB Now the divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- NLT This is how Aaron’s descendants, the priests, were divided into groups for service. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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These were the divisions of Aaron's descendants; Aaron's sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. The organization of the priesthood begins.
Overview
This chapter turns to organizing the priests, the sons of Aaron, into orderly divisions for service. Naming Aaron's four sons sets the foundation for the priestly courses that follow. The structured ministry of the priesthood points ahead to Christ, our great High Priest, in whom the whole sacrificial system finds its fulfillment.
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- Exod 6:23Aaron took Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, as his wife; and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- 1 Chr 23:6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Num 26:60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- Num 3:2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1 Chr 6:3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Exod 28:1“Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
- Lev 10:1–6Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.
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