3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
3 Those were the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
3 anointed priests ordained to serve as priests.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
3 These sons of Aaron were anointed and ordained to minister as priests.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:3
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.