Study it in the app“and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you and your brothers, and bring up the ark of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.”
and he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“You areאַתֶּםthe headsרָאשֵׁיof the fathers’ housesהָאָבוֹתof the Levites.לַלְוִיִּםSanctify yourselves,הִתְקַדְּשׁוּyouאַתֶּםand your brothers,וַאֲחֵיכֶםand bring upוְהַעֲלִיתֶםthe arkאֲרוֹןof YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלtoאֶלthe place I have preparedהֲכִינוֹתִיfor it.לוֹ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashe” appearshead of family
The head of a family or clan.
Where else “avot” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearssanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadshu” appearscountryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “haalitem” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsprepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinoti” appears11David summoned Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;
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13Because the first time it was not you, YHWH our Elohim made a breach in us, for we did not consult him according to the rule.”
