Now this is how the lampstand was made: it was hammered work of gold, hammered from base to petal. According to the pattern that יהוה had shown Moses, so was the lampstand made.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וזה
18
מעשה
415
המנרה
300
מקשה
445
זהב
14
עדירכה
309
עדפרחה
367
מקשה
445
הוא
12
כמראה
266
אשר
501
הראה
211
יהוה
26
אתמשה
746
כן
70
עשה
375
אתהמנרהפ
781
Numbers 8:5
Gematria: 895
וידבריהוהאלמשהלאמר
יהוה spoke to Moses, saying:
Word-by-Word Analysis
וידבר
222
יהוה
26
אלמשה
376
לאמר
271
Numbers 8:6
Gematria: 2730
קחאתהלויםמתוךבניישראלוטהרתאתם
Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.
This is what you shall do to them to purify them: sprinkle on them water of purification, and let them go over their whole body with a razor, and wash their clothes; thus they shall be purified.
Word-by-Word Analysis
וכהתעשה
806
להם
75
לטהרם
284
הזה
17
עליהם
155
מי
50
חטאת
418
והעבירו
299
תער
670
עלכלבשרם
692
וכבסו
94
בגדיהם
64
והטהרו
231
Numbers 8:8
Gematria: 4205
ולקחופרבןבקרומנחתוסלתבלולהבשמןופרשניבןבקרתקחלחטאת
Let them take a bull of the herd, and with it a meal offering of choice flour with oil mixed in, and you take a second bull of the herd for a sin offering.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולקחו
150
פר
280
בןבקר
354
ומנחתו
510
סלת
490
בלולה
73
בשמן
392
ופרשני
646
בןבקר
354
תקח
508
לחטאת
448
Numbers 8:9
Gematria: 3605
והקרבתאתהלויםלפניאהלמועדוהקהלתאתכלעדתבניישראל
You shall bring the Levites forward before the Tent of Meeting. Assemble the Israelite community leadership, Israelite community leadership Heb. kol ‘adat bene yisra’el, which here denotes a part (“leadership”) that acts on behalf of the whole (“community”). NJPS “whole Israelite community.” See the Dictionary under ‘edah.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והקרבת
713
אתהלוים
492
לפני
170
אהל
36
מועד
120
והקהלת
546
אתכלעדת
925
בני
62
ישראל
541
Numbers 8:10
Gematria: 2797
והקרבתאתהלויםלפנייהוהוסמכובניישראלאתידיהםעלהלוים
and bring the Levites forward before יהוה. Let the Israelites lay their hands upon the Levites,
The Levites shall now lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls; one shall be offered to יהוה as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make expiation for the Levites.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והלוים
97
יסמכו
136
אתידיהם
470
על
100
ראש
501
הפרים
335
ועשה
381
אתהאחד
419
חטאת
418
ואתהאחד
425
עלה
105
ליהוה
56
לכפר
330
עלהלוים
191
Numbers 8:13
Gematria: 3266
והעמדתאתהלויםלפניאהרןולפניבניווהנפתאתםתנופהליהוה
You shall place the Levites in attendance upon Aaron and his sons, and designate them as an elevation offering to יהוה.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והעמדת
525
אתהלוים
492
לפני
170
אהרן
256
ולפני
176
בניו
68
והנפת
541
אתם
441
תנופה
541
ליהוה
56
Numbers 8:14
Gematria: 2166
והבדלתאתהלויםמתוךבניישראלוהיוליהלוים
Thus you shall set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine.
Thereafter the Levites shall be qualified for the service of the Tent of Meeting, once you have purified them and designated them as an elevation offering.
For they are formally assigned to Me from among the Israelites: I have taken them for Myself in place of all the first issue of the womb, of all the male first-born of the Israelites.
For every male first-born among the Israelites, human as well as beast, is Mine; I consecrated them to Myself at the time that I smote every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
לי
40
כלבכור
278
בבני
64
ישראל
541
באדם
47
ובבהמה
60
ביום
58
הכתי
435
כלבכור
278
בארץ
293
מצרים
380
הקדשתי
819
אתם
441
לי
40
Numbers 8:18
Gematria: 2298
ואקחאתהלויםתחתכלבכורבבניישראל
Now I take the Levites instead of every male first-born of the Israelites;
and from among the Israelites I formally assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons, to perform the service for the Israelites in the Tent of Meeting and to make expiation for the Israelites, so that no plague may afflict the Israelites for coming ” too near the sanctuary.
Moses, Aaron, and the Israelite community leadership Israelite community leadership See note at v. 9. did with the Levites accordingly; just as יהוה had commanded Moses in regard to the Levites, so the Israelites did with them.
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; and Aaron designated them as an elevation offering before יהוה, and Aaron made expiation for them to purify them.
Thereafter the Levites were qualified to perform their service in the Tent of Meeting, under Aaron and his sons. As יהוה had commanded Moses in regard to the Levites, so they did to them.
They may assist their brother Levites at the Tent of Meeting by standing guard, but they shall perform no labor. Thus you shall deal with the Levites in regard to their duties.