Study it in the app“For their post was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of YHWH, over the courts and over the chambers, and over the purification of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of Elohim,”
Forכִּיtheir postמַעֲמָדָםwas at the side ofלְיַדthe sonsבְּנֵיof Aaronאַהֲרֹןfor the serviceלַעֲבֹדַתof the houseבֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהoverעַלthe courtsהַחֲצֵרוֹתand overוְעַלthe chambers,הַלְּשָׁכוֹתand overוְעַלthe purificationטָהֳרַתof everyלְכָלholy thing,קֹדֶשׁand the workוּמַעֲשֵׂהof the serviceעֲבֹדַתof the houseבֵּיתof Elohim,הָאֱלֹהִים
station, position
Station: the place or post someone holds when he stands to serve before another.
Where else “maamada” appearsbeside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsAaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” 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” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatserot” appearsroom, hall
Room in a building, for eating, storing things or lodging.
Where else “leshachot” appearspurification
Purification: the passage from unclean to clean, and the time it lasts.
Where else “tahorat” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appearslabor
What one does each day to earn a living: his work, his trade.
Where else “maase” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears27For by the last words of David these were the number of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and upward.
28 · This verse (above)
29and for the bread of the row, and for the fine flour for the grain offering, and for the unleavened wafers and for what is baked on the griddle and for what is well mixed, and for every measure of capacity and of length;
