But doעֲשׂוּthisוְזֹאתfor them,לָהֶםso that they may liveוְחָיוּand notוְלֹאdieיָמֻתוּwhen they approachבְּגִשְׁתָּםthe most holy things:אֶת קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁיםAaronאַהֲרֹןand his sonsוּבָנָיוshall go inיָבֹאוּand assignוְשָׂמוּthem,אוֹתָםeach manאִישׁ אִישׁto his serviceעַל עֲבֹדָתוֹand to his load.וְאֶל מַשָּׂאוֹ
Numbers 4:19
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “avodat” appears- 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.”