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They shall be joinedוְנִלְווּto youעָלֶיךָand keepוְשָׁמְרוּthe chargeאֶת מִשְׁמֶרֶתof the tentאֹהֶלof meetingמוֹעֵדfor allלְכֹלthe serviceעֲבֹדַתof the tent;הָאֹהֶלandוְa strangerזָרshall notלֹאcome nearיִקְרַבto you.אֲלֵיכֶם
Numbers 18:4
Study it in the app“They shall be joined to you and keep the charge of the tent of meeting for all the service of the tent; and a stranger shall not come near to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:4, word by word
- They shall be joinedנִלְווּnilvu
join
To join oneself to someone and be bound to him.
Where else “nilvu” appears- and keepשָׁמְרוּshamru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appears- the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appears- of the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears- the serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat
service
The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.
Where else “avodat” appears- a strangerזָרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- come nearיִקְרַבyikrav
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “yikrav” appears
The context
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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And you shall keep the charge of the holy place and the charge of the altar, so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel.