Study it in the app“But the Levites themselves shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations; and among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.”
But the Levitesוְ הַלֵּוִיthemselvesהוּאshall doעָבַדthe serviceאֶת עֲבֹדַתof the tentאֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדandוְtheyהֵםshall bearיִשְׂאוּtheir iniquity;עֲוֺנָםit shall be a statuteחֻקַּתforeverעוֹלָםthroughout your generations;לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםandוּamongבְתוֹךְthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthey shall notלֹאinheritיִנְחֲלוּan inheritance.נַחֲלָה
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “levi” appearswork
To toil, till the land.
Where else “avad” appearsservice
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appearstabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appearsmeeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appearsbear
To bear the consequences of a fault, like someone carrying a weight.
Where else “yisu” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appearsstatute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukat” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” 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” appearsinherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “yinchalu” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachala” appears22And the sons of Israel shall no longer come near to the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.
23 · This verse (above)
24For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they set apart to YHWH as a contribution, I have given to the Levites as an inheritance; therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.’”
