Numbers 18:7

“But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood in every matter of the altar and of what is inside the veil, and you shall serve. As a service of gift I give your priesthood, and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.””

Numbers 18:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 18:7, word by word

and your sonsבָנֶיvane

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vane” appears
shall keepתִּשְׁמְרוּtishmru

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

Where else “tishmru” appears
your priesthoodכְּהֻנַּתְkehunat

priesthood

Priesthood: the office of a priest.

Where else “kehunat” appears
matterדְּבַרdevar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

Where else “devar” appears
of the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

Where else “mizbeach” appears
of what is insideבֵּיתbet

inside

Literally "the house": the inner part of something.

Where else “bet” appears
the veilפָּרֹכֶתparochet

veil

The veil: the curtain that separated the most holy place from the rest of the dwelling.

Where else “parochet” appears
and you shall serveעֲבַדְתֶּםavadtem

worship

To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.

Where else “avadtem” appears
As a serviceעֲבֹדַתavodat

service

The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.

Where else “avodat” appears
of giftמַתָּנָהmatana

gift

Gift, present.

Where else “matana” appears
I giveאֶתֵּןeten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “eten” appears
and the strangerזָּרzar

stranger

An outsider, not part of the group.

Where else “zar” appears
who comes nearקָּרֵבkarev

come near

To come near to someone or something.

Where else “karev” appears
shall be put to deathיוּמָתyumat

be put to death

To lose one's life as punishment.

Where else “yumat” appears

The context

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.

7 · This verse (above)

8And YHWH spoke to Aaron, “And I, look, I have given you the charge of my contributions, of all the holy things of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.

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