Study it in the app“But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to present to me fat and blood, declares Adonai YHWH.”
But the priests,וְהַכֹּהֲנִיםthe Levites,הַלְוִיִּםthe sonsבְּנֵיof Zadok,צָדוֹקwhoאֲשֶׁרkeptשָׁמְרוּthe chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתof my sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁיwhenבִּthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent astrayתְעוֹתfrom me,מֵעָלַיtheyהֵמָּהshall come nearיִקְרְבוּto meאֵלַיto minister to me;לְשָׁרְתֵנִיand they shall standוְעָמְדוּbefore meלְפָנַיto presentלְהַקְרִיבto meלִיfatחֵלֶבand blood,וָדָםdeclaresנְאֻםAdonaiאֲדֹנָיYHWH.יְהוִה
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsZadok
Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."
Where else “tsadok” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appearscharge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appearssanctuary
Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.
Where else “mikdashi” 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” appearswander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “teot” appearscome near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “yikrvu” appearsminister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “sharte” appearsstand before
"Stand before" someone: to serve them.
Where else “amdu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appearsfat
The soft white tissue around an animal's insides, burned for YHWH.
Where else “chelev” appearsblood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsAdonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appearsYHWH (with Adonai)
The four letters of God's name, YHWH (see "YHWH"). They almost always go with "Adonai"; then Jews, when reading, said "Elohim" so as not to repeat "Adonai".
Where else “yehvi” appears14And I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all its service and for all that is done in it.
15 · This verse (above)
16They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.
