Exodus 28:1 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

And take thou 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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

(Compare Exo. 39:1-31.) Moses is now commanded to commit all that pertains to the offerings made to the Lord in the sanctuary to the exclusive charge of the members of a single family, who were to hold their office from generation to generation. In the patriarchal times, the external rites of worship had generally been conducted by the head of the tribe or family, in accordance with the principle involved in the dedication of the firstborn Exo 13:2; Num 3:12-

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The appointment was a special act of God's sovereignty, so that there could be no ground for popular umbrage by the selection of Aaron's family, with whom the office was inalienably established and continued in unbroken succession till the introduction of the Christian era.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאַתָּ֡ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
הַקְרֵ֣ב	hak.Rev	bring near	H7126 →
אֵלֶיךָ֩	'e.lei.Kha	to yourself	H413 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אַהֲרֹ֨ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
אָחִ֜יךָ	'a.Chi.kha	brother your	H251 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
בָּנָ֣יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
אִתּ֔וֹ	'i.To	with him	H854 →
מִתּ֛וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from among	H8432 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
לְכַהֲנוֹ־	le.kha.ha.nov-	to serve as priest he	H3547 →
לִ֑י	Li	to <the> me
אַהֲרֹ֕ן	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →
נָדָ֧ב	na.Dav	Nadab	H5070 →
וַאֲבִיה֛וּא	va.'a.vi.Hu'	and Abihu	H30 →
אֶלְעָזָ֥ר	'el.'a.Zar	Eleazar	H499 →
וְאִיתָמָ֖ר	ve.'i.ta.Mar	and Ithamar	H385 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
אַהֲרֹֽן׃	'a.ha.Ron	Aaron	H175 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the…
leads to
- John 3:27
  John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- Numbers 3:10
  So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- Romans 15:15–16
  However, I have written you a bold reminder on some points, because of the grace God has given me
- Numbers 16:5–7
  Then he said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the LORD will reveal who belongs to Him and who is holy, and He will bring that person near to Himself. The one…
- Numbers 16:40
  just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the…
Through
Deuteronomy 10:6
The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
leads to
- Numbers 33:38
  At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…
- Numbers 20:23–28
  And at Mount Hor, near the border of the land of Edom, the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
- Numbers 33:30–33
  They set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.

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