3:32 Now the head of all the Levitical leaders44 was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible45 for the sanctuary.
tn The Hebrew construction has “the leader of the leaders of” (וּנְשִׂיא נְשִׂיאֵי, unési’ nési’ey).
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tnHeb “the keepers of the responsibility” (שֹׁמְרֵי מִשְׁמֶרֶת, shomérey mishmeret). The participle is a genitive specifying the duty to which he was appointed (thing possessed); its cognate genitive emphasizes that their responsibility was over the holy place.