The Meaning of Numbers 3:1 Explained

Numbers 3:1

KJV: These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

YLT: And these are births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah's speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.

Darby: And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.

ASV: Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 3:1?

MEANING: What does Numbers 3:1 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 3:1 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Numbers 3:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These also [are] the generations  of Aaron  and Moses  in the day  [that] the LORD  spake  with Moses  in mount  Sinai. 

What does Numbers 3:1 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 3:1-13 - 44-51, The Substitute For The First-Born
The Levites were taken, instead of the firstborn sons of Israel, to perform the service of the Tabernacle. There were nearly as many Levites as first-born, and the difference was made good by the payment of redemption money on the part of the overplus, Numbers 3:45-48. So each of us has been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb to belong to God and to minister to Him! Aaron's family provided the priesthood, Leviticus 3:9-10. The rest of the tribe performed the more irksome duties of ministry and transport.
The Gershonites, as eldest, pitched westward of the Tabernacle, and cared for the hangings and curtains. The Kohathites, because related to Aaron, pitched southward, and had charge of the sacred vessels. The Merarites pitched northward, and had charge of the boards and sockets. It was enough for each to know that his place and charge were God-appointed. Even to carry a pin became honorable, when God had allotted that to a man as his share. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 3

1  The sons of Aaron
5  The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14  Are numbered by their families
21  The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27  Of the Kohathites
33  Of the Merarites
38  The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40  The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44  The balances are refunded

What do the individual words in Numbers 3:1 mean?

And these [are] the records of Aaron and Moses when the spoke Yahweh with Moses on Mount Sinai
וְאֵ֛לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת אַהֲרֹ֖ן וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה בְּי֗וֹם דִּבֶּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־ מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּהַ֥ר : סִינָֽי

וְאֵ֛לֶּה  And  these  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
תּוֹלְדֹ֥ת  the  records 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: תֹּולֵדֹות  
Sense: descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies.
אַהֲרֹ֖ן  of  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה  and  Moses 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
בְּי֗וֹם  when  the 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
דִּבֶּ֧ר  spoke 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
יְהוָ֛ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מֹשֶׁ֖ה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
בְּהַ֥ר  on  Mount 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
: סִינָֽי  Sinai 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: סִינַי  
Sense: the mountain where Moses received the Law from Jehovah; located at the southern end of the Sinai peninsula between the horns of the Red Sea; exact site unknown.

What are the major concepts related to Numbers 3:1?

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