Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
chief—rather, "chiefs" of the Levites. Three persons are mentioned as chiefs of these respective divisions [Numbers 3:24, Numbers 3:30, Numbers 3:35]. And Eleazar presided over them; whence he is called "the second priest" (II Kings 25:18); and in the case of the high priest's absence from illness or other necessary occasions, he performed the duties (I Kings 4:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Numbers 3:32:
Nehemiah 11:11
Zechariah 3:7
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