| 7. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Numbers 18:7:1 ⧉וְאַתָּ֣הveataand you Numbers 18:7:2 ⧉וּבָנֶ֣יךָuvanekhaand your sons Numbers 18:7:3 ⧉אִ֠תְּךָitkhawith you Numbers 18:7:4 ⧉תִּשְׁמְר֨וּtishmeruyou shall keep Numbers 18:7:5 ⧉אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜םetkehunatkhemthe priesthood of you Numbers 18:7:6 ⧉לְכָל־דְּבַ֧רlekholdevarfor all matters Numbers 18:7:7 ⧉הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַhamizbeakhof the altar Numbers 18:7:8 ⧉וּלְמִבֵּ֥יתulemibeitand to that which is within Numbers 18:7:9 ⧉לַפָּרֹ֖כֶתlaparokhetthe veil Numbers 18:7:10 ⧉וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑םvaavadtemand you shall minister Numbers 18:7:11 ⧉עֲבֹדַ֣תavodatservice of Numbers 18:7:12 ⧉מַתָּנָ֗הmatanagift Numbers 18:7:13 ⧉אֶתֵּן֙etenI give Numbers 18:7:14 ⧉אֶת־כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔םetkehunatkhemyour priesthood Numbers 18:7:15 ⧉וְהַזָּ֥רvehazarand the outsider Numbers 18:7:16 ⧉הַקָּרֵ֖בhakarevwho comes near Numbers 18:7:17 ⧉יוּמָֽת׃סyumatshall be put to death |
| 7. Formal Translation But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for every matter of the altar and within the veil, and you shall serve, for I {Yahweh, Bestower of Sacred Service} have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death. |
| 7. Dynamic Translation Only you and your sons are to guard your duties as priests, attending to everything at the altar and inside the curtain; you must serve because I {Yahweh, Giver of the Gift} have granted you the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near must be put to death. |