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And Aaronוְאֶת אַהֲרֹןand his sonsוְאֶת בָּנָיוyou shall appoint,תִּפְקֹדand they shall keepוְשָׁמְרוּtheir priesthood;אֶת כְּהֻנָּתָםand the strangerוְהַזָּרwho comes nearהַקָּרֵבshall be put to death.”יוּמָת
Numbers 3:10
Study it in the app“And Aaron and his sons you shall appoint, and they shall keep their priesthood; and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.””
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Numbers 3:10, word by word
- And Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- and his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- you shall appointתִּפְקֹדtifkod
appoint
To put someone in charge.
Where else “tifkod” appears- and they shall keepשָׁמְרוּshamru
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamru” appears- their priesthoodכְּהֻנָּתָkehunata
priesthood
Priesthood: the office of a priest.
Where else “kehunata” 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
9And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are given, wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.
10 · This verse (above)
11And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,