Study it in the app“And they shall be in my sanctuary ministers, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.”
And they shall beוְהָיוּin my sanctuaryבְמִקְדָּשִׁיministers,מְשָׁרְתִיםhaving chargeפְּקֻדּוֹתatאֶלthe gatesשַׁעֲרֵיof the house,הַבַּיִתand ministeringוּמְשָׁרְתִיםto the house;אֶת הַבָּיִתtheyהֵמָּהshall slaughterיִשְׁחֲטוּthe burnt offeringהָעֹלָהand the sacrificeוְ הַזֶּבַחfor the people,לָעָםand theyוְהֵמָּהshall standיַעַמְדוּbefore themלִפְנֵיהֶםto minister to them.לְשָׁרְתָם
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearssanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” appearsminister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “meshartim” appearsoversight
A charge, responsibility for something.
Where else “pekudot” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaare” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bayit” appearsslaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “yishchatu” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsstand before
"Stand before" someone: to serve them.
Where else “yaamdu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears10But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear their iniquity.
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12Because they ministered to them before their idols, and became for the house of Israel a stumbling block of iniquity, therefore I have raised my hand against them, declares Adonai YHWH, and they shall bear their iniquity.
