Study it in the app“But the priests were too few and could not skin all the burnt offerings; so their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had sanctified themselves, for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.”
Butרַקthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםwereהָיוּtoo fewלִמְעָטand could notוְלֹא יָכְלוּskinלְהַפְשִׁיטallאֶת כָּלthe burnt offerings;הָעֹלוֹתso their brothersוַ אֲחֵיהֶםthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםhelped themיְּחַזְּקוּםuntilעַדthe workהַמְּלָאכָהwas finishedכְּלוֹתand untilוְעַדthe priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםhad sanctified themselves,יִתְקַדְּשׁוּforכִּיthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםwere more uprightיִשְׁרֵיin heartלֵבָבto sanctify themselvesלְהִתְקַדֵּשׁthanמֵthe priests.הַכֹּהֲנִים
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsfew
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yachlu” appearsstrip
To take off clothes, or strip another.
Where else “hafshit” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olot” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsrepair
To give strength or make firm, or repair what was broken.
Where else “yechazku” appearswork
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appearsfinish
To bring a work or a matter through to its end.
Where else “kelot” appearssanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “yitkadshu” appearsupright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yishre” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears33And the holy things were six hundred cattle and three thousand sheep.
34 · This verse (above)
35And also burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the libations for the burnt offering. So the service of the house of YHWH was established.
