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Exodus 6:23

in Exodus 6

And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

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.

KJV

And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

This verse in Exodus 6

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Elisheba - The oath of the Lord. It is the same name as Elizabeth, so very common among Christians. She was of the royal tribe of Judah, and was sister to Nahshon, one of the princes; see Num 2:3. Eleazar - He succeeded to the high priesthood on the death of his father Aaron, Num 20:25, etc.

This site's exposition

And Aaron took him Elisheba

Aaron marries into Judah. Elisheba is the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, who stands as prince of Judah at Numbers 2:3 and sits in the line to David and to Christ at Ruth 4:20 and Matthew 1:4. Two of the four sons listed here, Nadab and Abihu, die before the Lord at Leviticus 10:2, and the priesthood runs on through Eleazar and Ithamar.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

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And Aaron took him Elisheba,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Elisheba--that is, Elizabethan. These minute particulars recorded of the family of Aaron, while he has passed over his own, indicate the real modesty of Moses.

The words behind it

20 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּקַּ֨חand he took

    vaiyikachH3947966 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֜ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175347 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֱלִישֶׁ֧בַעElisheba

    ʾelisheva'H472

  • בַּת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323588 times

  • עַמִּינָדָ֛בAmminadab

    ʾaminadavH5992

  • אֲח֥וֹת[the] sister of

    ʾachotH269114 times

  • נַחְשׁ֖וֹןNahshon

    nachshonH5177

  • ל֣וֹfor <the> himself

    lo

  • לְאִשָּׁ֑הto a wife

    leishahH802781 times

  • וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore

    vateledH3205496 times

  • ל֗וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • נָדָב֙Nadab

    nadavH507020 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • אֲבִיה֔וּאAbihu

    ʾavihu'H3012 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֶלְעָזָ֖רEleazar

    ʾelazarH49972 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • אִֽיתָמָֽר׃Ithamar

    ʾitamarH38521 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Numbers 2:3

    On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:

    it leads to

    • Ruth 4:20

      Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Numbers 1:7

      from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Luke 3:32–33

      the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 2:10

      Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

    • Numbers 10:14–16

      First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 2:10

    Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 1:4

      Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 6:3

    The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

    it leads to

    • 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.

Where this verse is studied

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About Exodus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.