King James Version
Numbers 3:2 in the King James Version says “And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.”
Numbers 3:2 · KJV
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. whom: Heb. whose hand he filled
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And these are the names”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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