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Numbers 18:23

The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

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ASV

But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

KJV

But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעָבַ֨דve.'a.Vadand he will serveH5647 →
הַלֵּוִ֜יha.le.Vithe Levite[s]H3881 →
ה֗וּאHu'heH1931 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עֲבֹדַת֙'a.vo.Dat[the] service ofH5656 →
אֹ֣הֶל'O.hel[the] tent ofH168 →
מוֹעֵ֔דmo.'EdmeetingH4150 →
וְהֵ֖םve.Hemand theyH1992 →
יִשְׂא֣וּyis.'Uthey will bearH5375 →
עֲוֹנָ֑ם'a.vo.Naminiquity theirH5771 →
חֻקַּ֤תchu.Kata statute ofH2708 →
עוֹלָם֙o.LamperpetuityH5769 →
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755 →
וּבְתוֹךְ֙u.ve.toKhand in amongH8432 →
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יִנְחֲל֖וּyin.cha.Luthey will inheritH5157 →
נַחֲלָֽה׃na.cha.Lahan inheritanceH5159 →

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Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.Leviticus 23:21On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.Numbers 3:7They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!Hebrews 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.Numbers 18:1So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.Numbers 18:20Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.Joshua 18:7The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”Ezekiel 44:10Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.Numbers 14:34In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.

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