But youוְאַתָּהand your sonsוּבָנֶיךָwith youאִתְּךָshall keepתִּשְׁמְרוּyour priesthoodאֶת כְּהֻנַּתְכֶםin everyלְכָלmatterדְּבַרof the altarהַמִּזְבֵּחַandוּof what is insideלְמִבֵּיתthe veil,לַפָּרֹכֶתand you shall serve.וַעֲבַדְתֶּםAs a serviceעֲבֹדַתof giftמַתָּנָהI giveאֶתֵּןyour priesthood,אֶת כְּהֻנַּתְכֶםand the strangerוְהַזָּרwho comes nearהַקָּרֵבshall be put to death.”יוּמָת
Numbers 18:7
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.