Numbers 18:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.”

Numbers 18:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Numbers 18:2319 words

וְעָבַדwəʿāvadAnd work

הַלֵּוִיhalēwîThe Levite

הוּאhûʾHe

אֶתʾet—

עֲבֹדַתʿăvōdatWork

אֹהֶלʾōhelTent

מוֹעֵדmwōʿēdAppointment

וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they

יִשְׂאוּyiśəʾûLift

עֲוֺנָםʿăwōnāmPerversity

חֻקַּתḥuqatAppointed

עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed

לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםlədōrōtêḵemTo revolution

וּבְתוֹךְûvətwōḵəAnd in bisection

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

לֹאlōʾNot

יִנְחֲלוּyinəḥălûInherit

נַחֲלָהnaḥălāhInherited

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

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