To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Parallel Translations
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To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
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And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Numbers 26:60 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 3:2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- Numbers 3:8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Nadab ... Abihu ... Ithamar
Nadab ... Abihu ... Ithamar
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they offered before Yahweh unacceptable fire
Here the word "fire" is used to refer to "burning incense." See how you translated a similar phrase in Numbers 3:4. AT: "they burned an incense offering to Yahweh in a way that he did not approve of" (See: Metonymy)
who were counted
This can be stated in active form. AT: "whom the leaders counted" (See: Active or Passive)
twenty-three thousand
"23,000" (See: Numbers)
one month old and up
"one month old and older"
they were not counted
This can be stated in active form. AT: "but the leaders did not count them" (See: Active or Passive)
because no inheritance was given to them
This can be stated in active form. Here "inheritance" refers to land inherited. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. AT: "because Yahweh said they would not receive any land as an inheritance" (See: Active or Passive and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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die
sacrifice
Yahweh
fire
month
Israel
descend
inherit
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