The Number and Duties of the Levites

31 This is the account of the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.

Other Translations of Numbers 3:1

King James Version

The Number and Duties of the Levites

31 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

English Standard Version

The Number and Duties of the Levites

31 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

The Message

The Number and Duties of the Levites

31 This is the family tree of Aaron and Moses at the time God spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

New King James Version

The Number and Duties of the Levites

31 Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

New Living Translation

The Number and Duties of the Levites

31 This is the family line of Aaron and Moses as it was recorded when the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai:

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:1

Commentary on Numbers 3:1-13

(Read Numbers 3:1-13)

There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those whom God finds work for, he will find help for. The Levites were taken instead of the first-born. When He that made us, saves us, as the first-born of Israel were saved, we are laid under further obligations to serve him faithfully. God's right to us by redemption, confirms the right he has to us by creation.