But Nadab and Abihu died by the will of .” יהוה, when they offered alien fire before יהוה in the wilderness of Sinai; and they left no sons. So it was Eleazar and Ithamar who served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.
Translation Notes
*by the will of — Others “before
Word-by-Word Analysis
וימת
456
נדב
56
ואביהוא
31
לפני
170
יהוה
26
בהקרבם
349
אש
301
זרה
212
לפני
170
יהוה
26
במדבר
248
סיני
130
ובנים
108
לאהיו
52
להם
75
ויכהן
91
אלעזר
308
ואיתמר
657
עלפני
240
אהרן
256
אביהםפ
138
Numbers 3:5
Gematria: 895
וידבריהוהאלמשהלאמר
יהוה spoke to Moses, saying:
Word-by-Word Analysis
וידבר
222
יהוה
26
אלמשה
376
לאמר
271
Numbers 3:6
Gematria: 3565
הקרבאתמטהלויוהעמדתאתולפניאהרןהכהןושרתואתו
Advance the tribe of Levi and place its [men] 3.15. in attendance upon Aaron the priest to serve him.
I hereby take the Levites from among the Israelites in place of all the male first-born, the first issue of the womb among the Israelites: the Levites shall be Mine.
For every male first-born is Mine: at the time that I smote every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every male first-born in Israel, human and beast, to Myself, to be Mine, יהוה’s.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
לי
40
כלבכור
278
ביום
58
הכתי
435
כלבכור
278
בארץ
293
מצרים
380
הקדשתי
819
לי
40
כלבכור
278
בישראל
543
מאדם
85
עדבהמה
126
לי
40
יהיו
31
אני
61
יהוהפ
106
Numbers 3:14
Gematria: 1273
וידבריהוהאלמשהבמדברסינילאמר
יהוה spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:
Word-by-Word Analysis
וידבר
222
יהוה
26
אלמשה
376
במדבר
248
סיני
130
לאמר
271
Numbers 3:15
Gematria: 3932
פקדאתבנילוילביתאבתםלמשפחתםכלזכרמבןחדשומעלהתפקדם
Record the descendants of Levi by ancestral house and by clan; record every male among them from the age of one month up.
Word-by-Word Analysis
פקד
184
אתבני
463
לוי
46
לבית
442
אבתם
443
למשפחתם
898
כלזכר
277
מבןחדש
404
ומעלה
151
תפקדם
624
Numbers 3:16
Gematria: 1824
ויפקדאתםמשהעלפייהוהכאשרצוה
So Moses recorded them at the command of יהוה, as he was bidden.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויפקד
200
אתם
441
משה
345
עלפי
190
יהוה
26
כאשר
521
צוה
101
Numbers 3:17
Gematria: 2489
ויהיואלהבנילויבשמתםגרשוןוקהתומררי
These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ויהיואלה
73
בנילוי
108
בשמתם
782
גרשון
559
וקהת
511
ומררי
456
Numbers 3:18
Gematria: 2825
ואלהשמותבניגרשוןלמשפחתםלבניושמעי
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by clan: Libni and Shimei.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואלה
42
שמות
746
בניגרשון
621
למשפחתם
898
לבני
92
ושמעי
426
Numbers 3:19
Gematria: 2522
ובניקהתלמשפחתםעמרםויצהרחברוןועזיאל
The sons of Kohath by clan: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובני
68
קהת
505
למשפחתם
898
עמרם
350
ויצהר
311
חברון
266
ועזיאל
124
Numbers 3:20
Gematria: 3711
ובנימררילמשפחתםמחליומושיאלההםמשפחתהלוילביתאבתם
The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites within their ancestral houses:
Word-by-Word Analysis
ובני
68
מררי
450
למשפחתם
898
מחלי
88
ומושי
362
אלה
36
הם
45
משפחת
828
הלוי
51
לבית
442
אבתם
443
Numbers 3:21
Gematria: 4250
לגרשוןמשפחתהלבניומשפחתהשמעיאלההםמשפחתהגרשני
To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; those were the clans of the Gershonites.
The duties of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting comprised: the tabernacle, tabernacle Here (set in lower case) the lowest of the covers of the Tabernacle; cf. Exod. 26.1. the tent, its covering, and the screen for the entrance of the Tent of Meeting;
the hangings of the enclosure, the screen for the entrance of the enclosure which surrounds the Tabernacle, the cords thereof, and the altar—all the service connected with these.
To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; those were the clans of the Kohathites.
Their duties comprised: the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the sacred utensils that were used with them, and the screen screen I.e., the screening curtain; cf. 4.5. —all the service connected with these.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ומשמרתם
1026
הארן
256
והשלחן
399
והמנרה
306
והמזבחת
468
וכלי
66
הקדש
409
אשר
501
ישרתו
916
בהם
47
והמסך
131
וכל
56
עבדתו
482
Numbers 3:32
Gematria: 4008
ונשיאנשיאיהלויאלעזרבןאהרןהכהןפקדתשמרימשמרתהקדש
The head chieftain of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, in charge of those attending to the duties of the sanctuary.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ונשיא
367
נשיאי
371
הלוי
51
אלעזר
308
בןאהרן
308
הכהן
80
פקדת
584
שמרי
550
משמרת
980
הקדש
409
Numbers 3:33
Gematria: 3955
למררימשפחתהמחליומשפחתהמושיאלההםמשפחתמררי
To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites; those were the clans of Merari.
Word-by-Word Analysis
למררי
480
משפחת
828
המחלי
93
ומשפחת
834
המושי
361
אלה
36
הם
45
משפחת
828
מררי
450
Numbers 3:34
Gematria: 3117
ופקדיהםבמספרכלזכרמבןחדשומעלהששתאלפיםומאתים
The recorded entries of all their males from the age of one month up came to 6,200.
The assigned duties of the Merarites comprised: the planks of the Tabernacle, its bars, posts, and sockets, and all its furnishings—all the service connected with these;
Word-by-Word Analysis
ופקדת
590
משמרת
980
בני
62
מררי
450
קרשי
610
המשכן
415
ובריחיו
242
ועמדיו
136
ואדניו
77
וכלכליו
122
וכל
56
עבדתו
482
Numbers 3:37
Gematria: 2194
ועמדיהחצרסביבואדניהםויתדתםומיתריהם
also the posts around the enclosure and their sockets, pegs, and cords.
Those who were to camp before the Tabernacle, in front—before the Tent of Meeting, on the east—were Moses and Aaron and his sons, attending to the duties of the sanctuary, as a duty on behalf of the Israelites; and any outsider who encroached was to be put to death.
All the Levites who were recorded, whom at יהוה’s command Moses and Aaron recorded by their clans, all the males from the age of one month up, came to 22,000.
and take the Levites for Me, יהוה, in place of every male first-born among the Israelite people, and the cattle of the Levites in place of every male first-born among the cattle of the Israelites.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולקחת
544
אתהלוים
492
לי
40
אני
61
יהוה
26
תחת
808
כלבכר
272
בבני
64
ישראל
541
ואת
407
בהמת
447
הלוים
91
תחת
808
כלבכור
278
בבהמת
449
בני
62
ישראל
541
Numbers 3:42
Gematria: 2884
ויפקדמשהכאשרצוהיהוהאתואתכלבכורבבניישראל
So Moses recorded all the male first-born among the Israelites, as יהוה had commanded him.
Take the Levites in place of all the male first-born among the Israelite people, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine, יהוה’s.