John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 3:1
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses ,.... The descendants of them, those of the former, who is named first, because the eldest, were priests, and those of the latter Levites, and who are not very plainly pointed at, but are included among the Amramites, Numbers 3:27 ; the posterity of Moses being very obscure, only Levites, and these not particularly named but swallowed up among the Kohathites: find the following account was as it stood: in the day that the Lord spoke... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 3:1-13
Here, I. The family of Aaron is confirmed in the priests? office, Num. 3:10. They had been called to it before, and consecrated; here they are appointed to wait on their priests? office: the apostle uses this phrase (Rom. 12:7), Let us wait on our ministry. The office of the ministry requires a constant attendance and great diligence; so frequent are the returns of its work, and yet so transient its favourable opportunities, that it must be waited on. Here is repeated what was said before... read more