Num 3:1-6 | ESV | STEP | These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai .

Numbers 3:1-6

The Sons of Aaron

1 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: ^aNadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, ^bthe anointed priests, ^cwhom he ordained to serve as priests. 4 ^dBut Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.

Duties of the Levites

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 ^e“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.