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And you shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםthe chargeאֵת מִשְׁמֶרֶתof the holy placeהַקֹּדֶשׁandוְthe chargeאֵת מִשְׁמֶרֶתof the altar,הַמִּזְבֵּחַso thatוְthere will noלֹאlongerעוֹדbeיִהְיֶהwrathקֶצֶףonעַלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel.יִשְׂרָאֵל
Numbers 18:5
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 18:5, word by word
- And you shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret
charge
What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.
Where else “mishmeret” appears- of the holy placeקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
sanctuary
The sacred enclosure where God was served: the sanctuary and its innermost room.
Where else “kodesh” appears- of the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- wrathקֶצֶףketsef
wrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “ketsef” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
The context
4They 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6And I, look, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the sons of Israel; to you they are a gift, given to YHWH, to do the service of the tent of meeting.