Study it in the app“and said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, and carry out the impurity from the Holy Place.”
and saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Listen to me,שְׁמָעוּנִיLevites!הַלְוִיִּםNowעַתָּהsanctify yourselves,הִתְקַדְּשׁוּand sanctifyוְקַדְּשׁוּthe houseאֶת בֵּיתof YHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof your fathers,אֲבֹתֵיכֶםand carry outוְהוֹצִיאוּthe impurityאֶת הַנִּדָּהfromמִןthe Holy Place.הַקֹּדֶשׁ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemau” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearssanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadshu” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsbring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsiu” appearsimpurity
Something defiling; or water for cleansing.
Where else “nida” appearssanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears4He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the square of the east,
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6For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what is evil in the eyes of YHWH our Elohim; they abandoned him, and turned their faces away from the dwelling of YHWH, and turned their backs.
