| Hebrew |   
וּנְשִׂיא֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַלֵּוִ֔י אֶלְעָזָ֖ר בֶּן אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֑ן פְּקֻדַּ֕ת שֹׁמְרֵ֖יplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigExamples  שָׁמַר Meaning: * To guard * To protect * To keep * To observe * To attend The verb שמר occurs about 470 times in the Old Testament. Central in covenant language. God “keeps” His covenant promises, and His people are called to Deuteronomy 7:9Psalm 121:7Deuteronomy 7:11Psalm 127:1Luke 2:19 מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ  | 
	
| ESV |   
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the chiefs of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who kept guard over the sanctuary.
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| NIV |   
The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.
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| NLT |   
Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, was the chief administrator over all the Levites, with special responsibility for the oversight of the sanctuary.
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| LXX |   
καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί  greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἄρχων ἐπὶ τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀρχόντων τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article Λευιτῶν Ελεαζαρ ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article υἱὸς Ααρων τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἱερέως καθεσταμένος φυλάσσειν τὰςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article φυλακὰς τῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἁγίων  | 
	
| KJV |   
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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Numbers 3:31 ← Numbers 3:32 → Numbers 3:33
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