Numbers 18:7

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything 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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sons	וּבָנֶ֣יךָ u.va.Nei.kha	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
keep	תִּשְׁמְר֨וּ tish.me.Ru	H8104	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
priest’s office	כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜ם ke.hu.nat.Khem	H3550	priesthood · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
thing	דְּבַ֧ר de.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular construct
altar	הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ ha.miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
within	וּלְמִבֵּ֥ית u.le.mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + preposition + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
vail	לַפָּרֹ֖כֶת la.pa.Ro.khet	H6532	a separatrix · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
serve	וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑ם va.'a.vad.Tem	H5647	to work (in any sense) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
given	אֶתֵּן֙ 'e.Ten	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
priest’s office	כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔ם ke.hu.nat.Khem	H3550	priesthood · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
service	עֲבֹדַ֣ת 'a.vo.Dat	H5656	work of any kind · noun, common feminine singular construct
gift	מַתָּנָ֗ה ma.ta.Nah	H4979	a present · noun, common feminine singular absolute
stranger	וְהַזָּ֥ר ve.ha.Zar	H2114	to turn aside (especially for lodging) · conjunction + definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
nigh	הַקָּרֵ֖ב ha.ka.Rev	H7131	near · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
death	יוּמָֽת yu.Mat	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to d…
John 3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Romans 15:15-16 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to…
Numbers 16:5-7 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him…
Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LOR…
Numbers 18:4-5 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a…
Numbers 18:20 And 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…
Exodus 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpet…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:1-7

The coherence of this chapter with that foregoing is very observable. I. The people, in the close of that chapter, had complained of the difficulty and peril that there were in drawing near to God, which put them under some dreadful apprehensions that the tabernacle in the midst of them, which they hoped would have been their joy and glory, would rather be their terror and ruin. Now, in answer to this complaint, God here gives them to understand by Aaron that the priests should come near for them as their representatives; so that, though the people were obliged to keep their distance, yet that should not at all redound to their disgrace or prejudice, but their comfortable communion with God…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 18:2

thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi--The departments of the sacred office, to be filled respectively by the priests and Levites, are here assigned to each. To the priests was committed the charge of the sanctuary and the altar, while the Levites were to take care of everything else about the tabernacle. The Levites were to attend the priests as servants--bestowed on them as "gifts" to aid in the service of the tabernacle--while the high and dignified office of the priesthood was a "service of gift." "A stranger," that is, one, neither a priest nor a Levite, who should intrude into any departments of the sacred office, should incur the penalty of death.

John Gill on Numbers 18:7

Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office,.... Observe all the duties of it, and keep out others from intruding into it: for everything of the altar: both of incense and of burnt offering with respect to burning incense on the one, and offering sacrifices on the other; both were to be done by priests, and by no other: and within the vail; in the most holy place, where the high priest entered but once a year, and he only with incense, and the blood of sacrifices, see Hebrews 9:7, and ye shall serve; do all the business that is to be done at either altar, whether in the court, or in the holy place, and whatsoever is to be done in the most holy place within the va…

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Dictionary and topics

Curtain — (1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat’s hair, covered the tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). (2.) The sacred curtain, separating…
Uzziah — A contracted form of Azari’ah the Lord is my strength. (1.) One of Amaziah’s sons, whom the people made king of Judah in his father’s stead (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chr. 26:1). His long reign of about…
Altar Of Burnt Offering, The · The priests: Alone to serve — The priests: Alone to serve
Priest · THE TIME OF MOSES — THE TIME OF MOSES
Priests · All except seed of Aaron excluded from being — All except seed of Aaron excluded from being

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 18:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 18:2

John Gill on Numbers 18:7

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 18:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 18:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 18:2

John Gill on Numbers 18:7

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 18:1-7

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 18:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 18:7

Rashi on Numbers 18:7