Teks -- Numbers 3:4 (NET)

3:4 Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.

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Wesley: Num 3:4 - In the sight of Aaron

Under his inspection and direction, and as their father's servants or ministers in the priest's office.

JFB: Num 3:2-4 - And these are the names of the sons of Aaron

All the sons of Aaron, four in number, were consecrated to minister in the priest's office. The two oldest enjoyed but a brief term of office (Lev 10:1-2; Num 3:4; Num 26:61); but Eleazar and Ithamar, the other two, were dutiful, and performed the sacred service during the lifetime of their father, as his assistants, and under his superintendence.

Clarke: Num 3:4 - Nadab and Abihu died

Nadab and Abihu died - See the notes on Leviticus 10 (note).

TSK: Num 3:4 - Nadab

Nadab : Num 26:61; Lev 10:1, Lev 10:2

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Poole: Num 3:4

In the time of Aaron’ s life, as this phrase is taken, Num 3:4 ; see also Psa 72:5,17 ; and under their father’ s inspection and direction, and as their father’ s servants or ministers in the priest’ s office; for servants are oft described by this phrase of being , or standing , or serving in the sight or presence , we of their master.

Haydock: Num 3:4 - Presence

Presence; or as it is expressed, (1 Paralipomenon xxiv. 9,) under the hand of Aaron, by his direction, and in quality of his assistant, (Calmet) while he lived. Eleazar succeeded him in the high priesthood; (Josue xxiv. 33,) and his children possessed that dignity, till the posterity of Ithamar came in under Heli, chap. xxv. 3. (Haydock)

Gill: Num 3:4 - And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord // when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai // and they had no children // and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office, in the sight of Aaron their father

And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord,...., By flaming fire, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, see Lev 10:2; and so were not alive at this time when the account of the priests and Levites was taken:

when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; after the tabernacle was set up, and the service of it begun, and quickly after their unction and consecration: of this strange fire; see Gill on Num 10:1,

and they had no children; which is observed, partly to show the punishment of them, and the reproach upon their names, that they died childless, and had none to succeed them in the priesthood; for as the Jewish writers ⁿ observe if they had left any behind them, those would have come into the office before Eleazar and Ithamar; and partly to show that all the priests in succeeding ages sprung from those next mentioned:

and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office, in the sight of Aaron their father; in his presence, under his inspection, and by his direction, he seeing and observing that they did everything according to the laws delivered by Moses, relating to, the office of the priesthood; or while he was yet alive, as Aben Ezra, they were concerned with him, and acted under him in the priestly office; and so the Septuagint version renders it, "with Aaron their father" ^o; but a Jewish writer ^p interprets it in a different manner, "in the room of Aaron their father"; as if it respected not any conjunction with him in the then present exercise of their office in his lifetime, but their succession in it after his death; but the former seems most correct.