| 21. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 18:21:1 ⧉וְלִבְנֵ֣יvelivneand to the sons Numbers 18:21:2 ⧉לֵוִ֔יleviof Levi Numbers 18:21:3 ⧉הִנֵּ֥הhinehbehold Numbers 18:21:4 ⧉נָתַ֛תִּיnatatiI have given Numbers 18:21:5 ⧉כָּל־מֽ͏ַעֲשֵׂ֥רkolmaasehrevery tithe Numbers 18:21:6 ⧉בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לbeyisraelin Israel Numbers 18:21:7 ⧉לְנַחֲלָ֑הlenakhalahfor an inheritance Numbers 18:21:8 ⧉חֵ֤לֶףkhelefin exchange for Numbers 18:21:9 ⧉עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙avodatamtheir service Numbers 18:21:10 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֣םasherhemwhich they Numbers 18:21:11 ⧉עֹֽבְדִ֔יםovdimperform Numbers 18:21:12 ⧉אֶת־עֲבֹדַ֖תetavodatthe service of Numbers 18:21:13 ⧉אֹ֥הֶלohelthe tent Numbers 18:21:14 ⧉מוֹעֵֽד׃moedof meeting |
| 21. Formal Translation And to the sons of Levi, behold, I {Yahweh, Portion Giver} have given all the tithe in Israel as an inheritance, instead of the service they perform at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 21. Dynamic Translation Look, I {Yahweh, Provider of Sustenance} have assigned to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as their share, instead of the work they perform at the Tent of Meeting. |