Numbers 3:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ”

Numbers 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Aaron's Sons. These constituted a priestly order ( Numbers 3:10 ). The description of these (who during their father's lifetime were only ordinary priests) as anointed ( Numbers 3:3 ) agrees with...
Numbers 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names. All the sons of Aaron, four in number, were consecrated to minister in...
Numbers 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Levites, Their Duties And Number Although Aaron and his family belong to the tribe of Levi ( Exodus 2:1 ) the term 'Levites' is usually employed, as here, to denote the non-Aaronite Levites. T...
Numbers 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PRIESTS AND LEVITES 1. THE PRIESTHOOD Numbers 3:1-10 In the opening verse of this chapter, which relates to the designation of the priesthood, Moses is named, for once, after his brother. Acc...
Numbers 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

44-51, the Substitute for the First-born Numbers 3:1-13 The Levites were taken, instead of the firstborn sons of Israel, to perform the service of the Tabernacle. There were nearly as many Levi...
Numbers 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The account of the arrangements for the service of the Levites is fully and carefully given in this and the following chapter. In the rites are certain matters of principle which are of permanent val...
Numbers 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let the Reader not lose sight of the intention, which probably the HOLY GHOST had in view, in causing the sin of Aaron's two eldest sons to be again mentioned. The church of GOD is a sacred inclosure...
Numbers 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron ,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, disciples of Moses, the master of the Israelites; none of the posterity of Moses being expressly, named; Jarchi obse...
Numbers 3:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONS OF AARON (vs.1-4) Aaron was the high priest, and in Israel a natural succession was practiced, as is not true in the Church of God today In fact, a special priesthood is not scriptural n...
Numbers 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Separation of the Levites. B. C. 1490. 1 These also are the generations of Aaron a...
Numbers 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Numbers 3:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 3 The Priests and the Levites. In this chapter more information is given about the priests and Levites, those set apart by Yahweh to watch over His Dwellingplace. Their task was to watch...
Numbers 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Critical Notes.—“Muster of the Tribe of Levi. As Jacob had adopted the two sons of Joseph as his own sons, and thus promoted them to the rank of heads of tribes, the tribe of Levi founded, strictly s...
Numbers 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 3:9 . Thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron. God has a sovereign right to choose and call his own ministers. The service of the tabernacle would be better done by a separate tribe professio...
Numbers 3:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

The priests which were anointed. Aaron and his sons: parents and children In Numbers 3:1-4 we have-- I. An incidental illustration of the exalted personal character and the divine mission...
Numbers 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE NUMBERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ; THEIR SUBSTITUTION FOR THE FIRSTBORN ( Numbers 3:1-4 ). Numbers 3:1 These … are the generations of Aaron and Mose...
Numbers 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Formal Charge
Numbers 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 24:1 ; 1 Chronicles 6:3 ; Exodus 28:1 ; Exodus 6:23 ; Numbers 26:60

Numbers 3:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 3:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 3:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 3:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 3:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 3:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 3:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 3:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 3:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 3:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 3:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 3:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge