3:1 1 Now these are the records 2 of Aaron and Moses when 3 the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 3:2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3:3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed 4 priests, whom he consecrated 5 to minister as priests. 6
3:4 Nadab and Abihu died 7 before the Lord 8 when they offered 9 strange 10 fire 11 before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. 12 So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests 13 in the presence of 14 Aaron their father.
3:5 The Lord spoke to Moses: 3:6 “Bring the tribe of Levi near, 15 and present 16 them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. 17 3:7 They are responsible for his needs 18 and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending 19 to the service of the tabernacle. 3:8 And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve 20 in the tabernacle. 3:9 You are to assign 21 the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively 22 to him out of all 23 the Israelites. 3:10 So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood; 24 but the unauthorized person 25 who comes near must be put to death.”
3:11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: