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who[a] were anointed priests and whom he consecrated[b] as priests. Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord’s presence when they offered unauthorized[c] fire before him[d] in the Sinai wilderness. Since they didn’t have their own children, Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests under the authority of[e] Aaron their father.

Appointment of the Descendants of Levi as Priests

The Lord told Moses,

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:3 Lit. These are the names of the sons of Aaron who
  2. Numbers 3:3 Lit. filled their hands
  3. Numbers 3:4 Lit. strange
  4. Numbers 3:4 Lit. the Lord
  5. Numbers 3:4 Lit. priest before