Aaron’s Sons and the Levites

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.(A) These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. But Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence when they presented unauthorized fire(B) before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.(C)

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Aaron’s Descendants(A)

This is a record of the genealogies[a] of Aaron and Moses current as of[b] the day on which the Lord addressed Moses on Mount Sinai. The[c] sons of Aaron were Nadab the first-born, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar who[d] were anointed priests and whom he consecrated[e] as priests. Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence when they offered unauthorized[f] fire before him[g] in the Sinai wilderness. Since they didn’t have their own children, Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests under the authority of[h] Aaron their father.

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Notas al pie

  1. Numbers 3:1 Lit. generations
  2. Numbers 3:1 The Heb. lacks current as of
  3. Numbers 3:2 Lit. These are the names of the
  4. Numbers 3:3 Lit. These are the names of the sons of Aaron who
  5. Numbers 3:3 Lit. filled their hands
  6. Numbers 3:4 Lit. strange
  7. Numbers 3:4 Lit. the Lord
  8. Numbers 3:4 Lit. priest before