Revised Literal Translation

Numbers 18:7-8

7Therefore thou and thy sonsוּבָנֶ֣יךָu.va.Nei.khaH1121with thee shall keepתִּשְׁמְר֨וּtish.me.RuH8104your priest’s officeכְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜םke.hu.nat.KhemH3550for every thingדְּבַ֧רde.VarH1697of the altarהַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַha.miz.Be.achH4196,and withinוּלְמִבֵּ֥יתu.le.mi.BeitH1004the vailלַפָּרֹ֖כֶתla.pa.Ro.khetH6532;and ye shall serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑םva.'a.vad.TemH5647:I have givenאֶתֵּן֙'e.TenH5414your priest’s officeכְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔םke.hu.nat.KhemH3550unto youas a serviceעֲבֹדַ֣ת'a.vo.DatH5656of giftמַתָּנָ֗הma.ta.NahH4979:and the strangerוְהַזָּ֥רve.ha.ZarH2114that cometh nighהַקָּרֵ֖בha.ka.RevH7131shall be put to deathיוּמָֽת׃ סyu.MatH4191.

8And Yhwhיְהוָה֮Yah.wehH3068spakeוַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.BerH1696unto Aaronאַהֲרֹן֒'a.ha.RonH175,Behold, I also have givenנָתַ֣תִּֽיna.Ta.tiH5414thee the chargeמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶתmish.Me.retH4931of mine heave offeringsתְּרוּמֹתָ֑יte.ru.mo.TaiH8641of all the hallowed thingsקָדְשֵׁ֣יka.de.SheiH6944of the childrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִ֠שְׂרָאֵלYis.ra.'elH3478;unto thee have I givenנְתַתִּ֧יםne.ta.TimH5414them by reason of the anointingלְמָשְׁחָ֛הle.ma.she.ChahH4888,and to thy sonsוּלְבָנֶ֖יךָu.le.va.Nei.khaH1121,by an ordinanceלְחָק־le.chok-H2706for everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

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