1 Chronicles 6:3
in 1 Chronicles 6The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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ASV
And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
KJV
And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAaron, and Moses, and Miriam, we have known much more of than their names, and cannot pass them over here without remembering that this was that Moses and Aaron whom God honoured in making them instruments of Israel's deliverance and settlement and figures of him that was to come, Moses as a prophet and Aaron as a priest.
This site's exposition
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
on 1 Chronicles 6:1-3
Levi's three sons open a line that will split three ways: the kingdom to Judah, the birthright to Joseph, and the priesthood to Levi, a division Gill draws directly from these opening verses. Amram's children stand together as three names, Aaron, Moses, and Miriam, the only place in the chapter where a woman is named among the sons. Aaron's four sons follow, and only two of them, Eleazar and Ithamar, carry forward the line the rest of the chapter will trace.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam,....
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] children of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמְרָ֔ם | ʾamram | Amram | H6019 → | 14 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֥ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה | umosheh | and Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| וּמִרְיָ֑ם ס | umiryam | and Miriam | H4813 → | |
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֔ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| נָדָב֙ | nadav | Nadab | H5070 → | 20 times |
| וַאֲבִיה֔וּא | vaavihu' | and Abihu | H30 → | 12 times |
| אֶלְעָזָ֖ר | ʾelazar | Eleazar | H499 → | 72 times |
| וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ ס | veitamar | and Ithamar | H385 → | 21 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] children of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמְרָ֔םAmram
ʾamramH6019 →14 times
אַהֲרֹ֥ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וּמֹשֶׁ֖הand Moses
umoshehH4872 →765 times
וּמִרְיָ֑ם סand Miriam
umiryamH4813 →
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹ֔ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
נָדָב֙Nadab
nadavH5070 →20 times
וַאֲבִיה֔וּאand Abihu
vaavihu'H30 →12 times
אֶלְעָזָ֖רEleazar
ʾelazarH499 →72 times
וְאִיתָמָֽר׃ סand Ithamar
veitamarH385 →21 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 10:1Now 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.
it leads to
- Numbers 26:61
but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 12:32
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
- Leviticus 16:12
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- Numbers 16:46
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the…
- Numbers 26:61
Through
Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
it leads to
- Psalms 150:4
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
- 1 Samuel 18:6
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…
- Psalms 149:3
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
- Psalms 68:25
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
- Psalms 150:4
About 1 Chronicles

Who and where
7 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.
- PersonExodus eraAaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line carried the…
- PersonWildernessNadabAaron's eldest son, ordained in Leviticus 8 and killed with his brother Abihu for offering strange fire before Jehovah on the prie…
- PersonWildernessAbihuAaron's second son, killed alongside Nadab for the strange fire Jehovah had not commanded — "I will be sanctified in them that com…
- PersonWildernessEleazarAaron's third son who succeeded him as high priest on Mount Hor, founding the line that runs to Phinehas and Zadok.
- PersonWildernessIthamarAaron's fourth son, ordained priest in Leviticus 8; overseer of the tabernacle's accounts and the Gershonite and Merarite service.
- PersonWildernessMiriamProphetess and sister of Moses and Aaron who led the women's song at the sea; struck with leprosy for challenging Moses' unique au…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
