Numbers 18:7
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
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ASV
And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and ye shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
KJV
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֣ה | ve.'a.Tah | and you | H859 → |
| וּבָנֶ֣יךָ | u.va.Nei.kha | and sons your | H1121 → |
| אִ֠תְּךָ | 'I.te.kha | with you | H854 → |
| תִּשְׁמְר֨וּ | tish.me.Ru | you will keep | H8104 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜ם | ke.hu.nat.Khem | priesthood your | H3550 → |
| לְכָל־ | le.khol | to every | H3605 → |
| דְּבַ֧ר | de.Var | <the> matter of | H1697 → |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ | ha.miz.Be.ach | the altar | H4196 → |
| וּלְמִבֵּ֥ית | u.le.mi.Beit | and to from inside | H1004 → |
| לַפָּרֹ֖כֶת | la.pa.Ro.khet | to the curtain | H6532 → |
| וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑ם | va.'a.vad.Tem | and you will serve | H5647 → |
| עֲבֹדַ֣ת | 'a.vo.Dat | a service of | H5656 → |
| מַתָּנָ֗ה | ma.ta.Nah | a gift | H4979 → |
| אֶתֵּן֙ | 'e.Ten | I give | H5414 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔ם | ke.hu.nat.Khem | priesthood your | H3550 → |
| וְהַזָּ֥ר | ve.ha.Zar | and the stranger | H2114 → |
| הַקָּרֵ֖ב | ha.ka.Rev | <the> approaching | H7131 → |
| יוּמָֽת׃ ס | yu.Mat | he will be put to death | H4191 → |
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