Numbers 18:23
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וְעָבַדve'avadand he will serveH5647הַלֵּוִיhalevithe Levite[s]H3881הוּאhu'heH1931אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֲבֹדַת'avodat[the] service ofH5656אֹהֶל'ohel[the] tent ofH168מוֹעֵדmo'edmeetingH4150וְהֵםvehemand theyH1992יִשְׂאוּyis'uthey will bearH5375עֲוֹנָם'avonaminiquity theirH5771חֻקַּתchukata statute ofH2708עוֹלָםolamperpetuityH5769לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםledoroteikhemto generations yourH1755וּבְתוֹךְuvetokhand in amongH8432בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לֹאlo'notH3808יִנְחֲלוּyinchaluthey will inheritH5157נַחֲלָה׃nachalahan inheritanceH5159
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Related verses
- Numbers 18:1And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.So 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 3:7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
- Numbers 18:20And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.Then 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.
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