1 Chronicles 24:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the courses of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלִבְנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן מַחְלְקוֹתָ֑ם בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֔ן נָדָב֙ וַאֲבִיה֔וּא אֶלְעָזָ֖ר וְאִיתָמָֽר׃

Transliteration

wə- to bənê ʾahărōn maḥləqôtām; bənê ʾahărōn nādāb wa-ʾăbîhûʾ ʾelʿāzār wə-ʾîtāmār.

Grammar Details

*wə-*: conjunction - and/but
*bənê*: construct state, masculine plural - sons of
*ʾahărōn*: proper name, masculine singular - Aaron
*maḥləqôtām*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their divisions
*nādāb*: proper name, masculine singular - Nadab
*wa-ʾăbîhûʾ*: conjunction + proper name, masculine singular - and Abihu
*ʾelʿāzār*: proper name, masculine singular - Eleazar
*wə-ʾîtāmār*: conjunction + proper name, masculine singular - and Ithamar

Word Meanings

*maḥləqôtām*: divisions/courses/classes
*bənê*: sons/descendants

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Referenced Verses

Exod 6:23 : 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num 3:2 : 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Num 26:60 : 60 And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
1 Chr 23:6 : 6 And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 6:3 : 3 And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Exod 28:1 : 1 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
Lev 10:1-6 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them. 2 And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. 4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Chr 24:2-6
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2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
3And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.
4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
Num 3:1-5
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1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 26:60-61
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60And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.
1 Chr 6:1-4
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1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
Exod 28:1
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1And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
1 Chr 6:49-50
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49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
Exod 6:22-24
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22And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.
23And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24And the sons of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.
Lev 10:1
74%
1And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Jehovah, which he had not commanded them.
1 Chr 23:12-13
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12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever.
Num 4:19
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19but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
1 Chr 24:31
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31These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
Num 4:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
1 Chr 24:19
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19This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance [given] unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
1 Chr 24:27-28
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71%
27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
Num 4:33-34
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33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
1 Chr 25:11
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11the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
Num 4:46
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46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
Num 18:1
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1And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
Lev 16:1
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jehovah, and died;
1 Chr 6:18
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18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chr 27:17
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17of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok:
2 Chr 31:19
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19Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men that were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
Num 4:37
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37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
Num 3:19
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19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chr 6:54
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54Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
Num 3:27
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27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Ezra 7:5
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5the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;
1 Chr 24:23
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23And the sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chr 15:10
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10of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
Exod 24:9
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9Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
1 Chr 26:23
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23Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:
1 Chr 23:24
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24These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' [houses] of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.