Numbers 3:5

5 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Numbers 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:5

And the Lord spake unto Moses
After he had given him the order for the numbering the children of Israel, and for the manner of their encampment and journeying:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 3:5 In-Context

3 these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.

4 And Nadab dieth -- Abihu also -- before Jehovah, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and sons they had not; and Eleazar -- Ithamar also -- acteth as priest in the presence of Aaron their father.

5 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

6 `Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

7 and kept his charge, and the charge of all the company before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle;