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Aaron married Elisheva, daughter of Amminadav and sister of Nachshon, and she bore him:
Nadav and Avihu,
Elazar and Itamar.
Take Aaron, your [elder] brother, to be close to you, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to serve me as priests: Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu [who offered strange fire, see ], Elazar [who took over the priesthood after Aaron, see ] and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.
[This is the central passage in chapters 34-40.]
This is the account (inventory, reckoning – Hebr. pekodim) [a summary, inspection, and list of all the materials used] for the tabernacle – the tabernacle of testimony [the tabernacle where the tablets of testimony (the Ten Commandments) were kept, see ]. Moses gave the Levites this task (commandment) to make this account under the supervision (under the hand) of Itamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, "Do not let your hair be loose [do not remove your head covering; do not let your hair be unkempt—do not show outward signs of mourning] and do not tear your clothes, lest you die and the wrath come upon all the people, but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, mourn the fire [that killed Nadab and Abihu] that the Lord (Yahweh) kindled.
And Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left: "Take the grain offering that remains of the Lord's (Yahweh's) burnt offering and eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most holy.
Moses inquired carefully (Hebr. darash darash – literally: "questioning asked," which reinforces the search for) about the sin offering goat [; ; ], but behold, it was burned.
[The words darash darash are the mathematical center of all Hebrew words in the Torah (the five books of Moses). It is interesting that there are a total of 77 double words in the Torah, such as "Abraham, Abraham" () and "Noah, Noah" (). Of these 77 double words, the 39th and middle one is darash, darash right here. It is more than a coincidence that in the middle of all 304,805 words in the five Torah scrolls, the two words (words number 152,402 and 152,403) are also a double word, which in turn is the middle one of all 77 double words! Furthermore, this verse is about Moses carefully searching for the scapegoat, which points to the central question—who can reconcile us with God? John the Baptist (the greatest prophet, see ) gives the answer: "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world," see .]
Then Moses became angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons, and said:
And these are the names of Aaron's sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord (Yahweh) when they offered strange fire before the Lord (Yahweh) in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priesthood in the presence of their father Aaron.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and their responsibility shall be under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest."
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari in the tent of meeting, and their responsibility shall be under the authority of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest."
And he gave four carts and eight oxen to the sons of Merari according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. [Ithamar was the youngest of Aaron's four sons, see . The Merarites were also descendants of Levi, their duties are described in and in even greater detail in .]
And to Aaron were born
Nadab and Abihu,
Elazar and Ithamar. []
The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
The sons of Aaron had the following divisions:
The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
But Nadab and Abihu died [] before their father, and they had no sons. So only Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.
David, together with Zadok, of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, of the sons of Ithamar, divided them into groups according to the order in which they were to serve.
Since the sons of Eleazar were more numerous than the sons of Ithamar, they were divided so that the sons of Eleazar had sixteen heads of their families and the sons of Ithamar had eight heads of their families.
They were divided by lot, the former as well as the latter, since the leaders of the sanctuary and the leaders of God were both from the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, the scribe, of the tribe of Levi, recorded them in the presence of the king, the leaders, the priest Zadok, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and in the presence of the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites. The lots were cast alternately for the families of Eleazar and for the families of Ithamar.
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; from the sons of David, Hattush;
