Study it in the app“but that it may be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we serve the service of YHWH before him with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings; so that your sons will not say tomorrow to our sons, “You have no portion in YHWH.”’”
butכִּיthatitהוּאmay bea witnessעֵדbetween usבֵּינֵינוּand you,וּבֵינֵיכֶםand betweenוּבֵיןour generationsדֹּרוֹתֵינוּafter us,אַחֲרֵינוּthat we serveלַעֲבֹדthe serviceעֲבֹדַתof YHWHיְהוָהbefore himלְפָנָיוwith our burnt offeringsבְּעֹלוֹתֵינוּand with our sacrificesוּבִזְבָחֵינוּand with our peace offerings;וּבִשְׁלָמֵינוּso that your sonsוְ בְנֵיכֶםwill notלֹאsayיֹאמְרוּtomorrowמָחָרto our sons,לְבָנֵינוּ“You have noאֵין לָכֶםportionחֵלֶקin YHWH.”’בַּיהוָה
witness
Someone who vouches for what he saw; YHWH is one too.
Where else “ed” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appearsworship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avod” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” 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” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “olote” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevache” appearspeace offerings
Peace offering: a sacrifice of which one part was burned for God and the rest was eaten by the one who offered it, as a sign of peace and fellowship with him (Leviticus 3).
Where else “shelame” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearstomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appearsportion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears26So we said, ‘Let us now set about building ourselves the altar, not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice,
27 · This verse (above)
28And we said, ‘And it shall be, when they say this to us and to our generations tomorrow, that we will say, “See the model of the altar of YHWH, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering and not for sacrifice, but it is a witness between us and you.”’
