Numbers 4:19

“But do this for them, so that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign them, each man to his service and to his load.”

Numbers 4:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:19, word by word

But doעֲשׂוּasu

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asu” appears
so that they may liveחָיוּchayu

live

To have breath and remain in this world, not die.

Where else “chayu” appears
dieיָמֻתוּyamutu

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

Where else “yamutu” appears
when they approachגִשְׁתָּgishta

come near

To go until one is near someone or something.

Where else “gishta” appears
the most holy thingsקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

Where else “kodesh” appears
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 sonsבָנָיvanay

son

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

Where else “vanay” appears
shall go inיָבֹאוּyavou

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “yavou” appears
and assignשָׂמוּsamu

appoint

To set someone as leader, or fix something.

Where else “samu” appears
each manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
to his serviceעֲבֹדָתavodat

service

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

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and to his loadמַשָּׂאmasa

burden

A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.

Where else “masa” appears

The context

18“Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites.

19 · This verse (above)

20But they shall not go in to see the holy things even for an instant, or they will die.”

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