2 The names of the sons of Aaron were Nadab the firstborn and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Other Translations of Numbers 3:2

King James Version

2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

English Standard Version

2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

The Message

2 The names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar -

New King James Version

2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

New Living Translation

2 The names of Aaron's sons were Nadab (the oldest), Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:2

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.