Study it in the app“And also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, so that they may be joined to you and minister to you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.”
Andוְalsoגַםyour brothers,אֶת אַחֶיךָthe tribeמַטֵּהof Levi,לֵוִיthe tribeשֵׁבֶטof your father,אָבִיךָbring nearהַקְרֵבwith you,אִתָּךְso that they may be joinedוְיִלָּווּto youעָלֶיךָand minister to you,וִישָׁרְתוּךָwhile youוְאַתָּהand your sonsוּבָנֶיךָwith youאִתָּךְare beforeלִפְנֵיthe tentאֹהֶלof the testimony.הָעֵדֻת
countryman
Someone of the same people, or a friend.
Where else “ache” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “mate” appearsLevi
Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah; the tribe of the priests comes from him. The name sounds like "be joined".
Where else “levi” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevet” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsbring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “hakrev” appearsjoin
To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.
Where else “yilavu” appearsminister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “yshartu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearstabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appearstestimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears“Be joined” sounds in Hebrew like “Levi” (yillavu / Levi); the same wordplay is in Genesis 29:34.
1And YHWH said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
2 · This verse (above)
3They shall keep your charge and the charge of all the tent; only to the utensils of the holy place and to the altar they shall not come near, so that they do not die, neither they nor you.
