Verse Lens · Context pointer
Numbers 3:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Role in This Section
Numbers 3:2 within “Aaron's Sons and the Deaths of Nadab and Abihu,” adds this exact responsibility to the unit's authority structure; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Read It With
- Numbers 3:1–4
Read Numbers 3:2 with 3:1–4. It within “Aaron's Sons and the Deaths of Nadab and Abihu,” adds this exact responsibility to the unit's authority structure; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: The priestly genealogy names Aaron's four sons, recalls that Nadab and Abihu died while offering unauthorized fire and had no children, and identifies Eleazar and Ithamar as serving priests.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 3:2 within “Aaron's Sons and the Deaths of Nadab and Abihu,” adds this exact responsibility to the unit's authority structure; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Its responsible force depends on 3:1–4; isolated from “Aaron's Sons and the Deaths of Nadab and Abihu,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Numbers 3:1–4 — Aaron's Sons and the Deaths of Nadab and AbihuSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 3:1–4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 3:1–4
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