Numbers 3:30 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 3:30

and the leader of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

BSB

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ASV

And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

KJV

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. The same man, who, with his brother Mishael, carried Nadab and Abihu out of the camp, and buried them, Lev 10:4; he descended from the last and youngest of the families of the Kohathites; and some think this was one reason at least of Korah's dissatisfaction, and of his entering into a conspiracy against Moses and Aaron, because one of a younger family of his house was preferred to this dignity before him.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּנְשִׂ֥יא	u.ne.Si'	and [the] leader of	H5387 →
בֵֽית־	veit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
אָ֖ב	'av	a father	H1 →
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת	le.mish.pe.Chot	of [the] clans of	H4940 →
הַקְּהָתִ֑י	ha.ke.ha.Ti	the Kohathite[s]	H6956 →
אֶלִיצָפָ֖ן	'e.li.tza.Fan	[was] Elizaphan	H469 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עֻזִּיאֵֽל׃	'u.zi.'El	Uzziel	H5816 →

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