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What does Numbers 3:1 mean?
"Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai."
— Numbers 3:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
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 who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
Explanation
Numbers 3:1 serves as a heading or introduction to a new section of the book, announcing that what follows is a record of the family line, or "generations," of Aaron and Moses. The phrase "in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai" ties this geneal
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