Numbers 3:3

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

Numbers 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:3

These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that
were anointed
With the holy, anointing oil, with which they were anointed when, Aaron was and they only, see ( Exodus 30:30 ) ;

whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office;
that is, whom Moses consecrated, by anointing them, putting the priest's garments on them, offering sacrifice for them, and filling their hands with sacrifices which is the phrase here used for consecration: see ( Exodus 29:15-24 ) .

Numbers 3:3 In-Context

1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.

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

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

4 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.

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,