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1 Chronicles 6:3
The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage functions as a genealogical entry within a Levitical record tracing Kohath’s line through Amram. It lists immediate descendants without narrative context or theological commentary.
The words — The Hebrew word בְּנֵי (benei) translates literally as "sons" or "children" and anchors both clauses of the verse. It establishes a direct paternal sequence from Amram to Aaron, Moses, and Miriam, and from Aaron to Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
The thread — This lineage aligns with Exodus 6:20, which records Amram’s marriage to Jochebed and the birth of Aaron and Moses. It precedes Leviticus 10:1, which details Nadab and Abihu’s offering of unauthorized fire, and follows Exodus 15:20, which identifies Miriam as Aaron’s sister and a prophetess.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to verify the documented family lines that establish Israel’s priestly and prophetic origins. It demands attention to the specific ancestral sequence that grounds religious authority in recorded lineage rather than abstract claim.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:20 And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- Leviticus 10:1 Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Leviticus 10:12 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
- Exodus 2:4 And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
- Exodus 2:7 Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
- Exodus 6:23 And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- Exodus 24:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
- Exodus 28:1 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
- Leviticus 10:16 Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,