Numbers 1:53 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.”

Numbers 1:53 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 1:5318 words

וְהַלְוִיִּםwəhaləwîmAnd the Levite

יַחֲנוּyaḥănûIncline

סָבִיבsāvîvCircle

לְמִשְׁכַּןləmišəkanTo residence

הָעֵדֻתhāʿēdutThe testimony

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

קֶצֶףqeṣep̄Splinter

עַלʿalAbove

עֲדַתʿădatAssemblage

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge

הַלְוִיִּםhaləwîmThe Levite

אֶתʾet—

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišəmeretWatch

מִשְׁכַּןmišəkanResidence

הָעֵדוּתhāʿēdûtThe testimony

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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