Numbers 3:3

Easy To Read Version

These sons were the chosen [27] priests.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:6

David separated the Levites into three groups. They were the family groups of Levi’s three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus 28:41

Put the clothes on your brother Aaron and his sons. Then pour the special oil on them to make them priests. This will make them holy, and they will serve me as priests.

Exodus 40:13

Then put the special clothes on Aaron. Anoint [491] him with the oil and make him holy. [492] Then he can serve me as a priest.

Exodus 40:15

Anoint the sons in the same way that you anointed their father. Then they can also serve me as priests. When you anoint them, they will become priests. That family will continue to be priests for all time to come.”

Leviticus 8:12

Then Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head. In this way, he made Aaron holy.

Leviticus 8:30

Moses took some of the anointing oil [99] and some of the blood that was on the altar. [100] Moses sprinkled some on Aaron and on Aaron’s clothes. Moses sprinkled some on Aaron’s sons that were with Aaron and on their clothes. In this way, Moses made Aaron, his clothes, his sons, and his sons’ clothes holy. [101]

Numbers 3:4

But Nadab and Abihu died {because they sinned} while serving the Lord. They used fire that the Lord did not allow when they made an offering to the Lord. So Nadab and Abihu died there, in the Sinai desert. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar took their place and served the Lord as priests. This happened while their father Aaron was still alive.

Hebrews 7:28

The law chooses high priests who are people and have the same weaknesses as people. But God made a promise that came after the law. God spoke those words with a vow (promise), and those words made the Son of God to be the high priest. And that Son has been made perfect forever.