And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 CHRONICLES 6:3KJV
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1 Chronicles 6:3 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 6:3 mean?

1 Chronicles 6:3 lists the children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam, and then names the sons of Aaron as Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. This verse is part of a genealogy, tracing the priestly line in Israel’s history.

The writer of 1 Chronicles is recording the family lineage of the tribe of Levi, specifically focusing on the descendants of Amram, who was a key ancestor in the priestly line. By naming Aaron, Moses, and Miriam, and then Aaron’s sons, the verse sets up the family background for the priesthood and leadership roles in Israel. This genealogy helps the reader understand who was eligible for priestly service and why these families were important in Israel’s religious life.

Where else these words appear

“Amram” Hebrew H6019 · used in 12 verses

  • Exodus 6:18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
  • Numbers 26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

“Abihu” Hebrew H30 · used in 12 verses

  • Exodus 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • Exodus 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
  • Numbers 26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

“Miriam” Hebrew H4813 · used in 13 verses

  • Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
  • Numbers 12:5 And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
  • Numbers 26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

“Nadab” Hebrew H5070 · used in 20 verses

  • Exodus 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • Numbers 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.
  • 1 Kings 15:31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?