Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Numbers 3 - Introduction
A.M. 2514. B.C. 1490.
In this chapter we have an account,
(1,) Of the priests, Numbers 3:1.
(2,) The work of the Levites, taken instead of the firstborn, Numbers 3:5.
(3,) Of the number, place, and charge of each family; the Gershonites, Numbers 3:14. The Kohathites, Numbers 3:27. The Merarites, Numbers 3:33.
(4,) Of the firstborn, Numbers 3:40.