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And after thatוְאַחֲרֵי כֵןthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםshall go inיָבֹאוּto serveלַעֲבֹדthe tentאֶת אֹהֶלof meeting,מוֹעֵדwhen you have cleansedוְטִהַרְתָּthemאֹתָםand wavedוְהֵנַפְתָּthemאֹתָםas a wave offering.תְּנוּפָה
Numbers 8:15
Study it in the app“And after that the Levites shall go in to serve the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and waved them as a wave offering.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 8:15, word by word
- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- shall go inיָבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- to serveעֲבֹדavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “avod” appears- the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed
meeting
An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.
Where else “moed” appears- when you have cleansedטִהַרְתָּtiharta
declare clean
To wash someone of impurity, or pronounce them free of it.
Where else “tiharta” appears- and wavedהֵנַפְתָּhenafta
wave
To swing an offering before YHWH to present it.
Where else “henafta” appears- as a wave offeringתְּנוּפָהtenufa
wave offering
An offering waved before YHWH when presented.
Where else “tenufa” appears
The context
14Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
15 · This verse (above)
16For they are given, wholly given to me from among the sons of Israel; in place of all that first open the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them for myself.