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Numbers 18

Num. 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thy brethren
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
also of the tribe
matteh (Hebrew #4294)
from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV usage: rod, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: mat-teh'
Origin: or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}
of Levi
Leviy (Hebrew #3878)
attached; Levi, a son of Jacob
KJV usage: Levi. See also 3879, 3881.
Pronounce: lay-vee'
Origin: from 3867
, the tribe
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of thy father
'ab (Hebrew #1)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application)
KJV usage: chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in "Abi-".
Pronounce: awb
Origin: a primitive word
, bring
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
thou with thee, that they may be joined
lavah (Hebrew #3867)
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV usage: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
Pronounce: law-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
m unto thee, and minister
sharath (Hebrew #8334)
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
KJV usage: minister (unto), (do) serve(- ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
Pronounce: shaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
o unto thee: but thou andp thy sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
with thee shall minister before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the tabernacle
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of witness
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
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Gen. 29:34• 34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. (Gen. 29:34)
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Num. 3:6‑7• 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
 7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. (Num. 3:6‑7)
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Num. 3:10• 10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (Num. 3:10)
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Brethren,
Father,
Levi,
Minister,
Son,
The Tabernacle,
Tribe

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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joined unto thee.There is a fine paronomasia in the original.
Levi is desired from {lawah,} to join, couple, associate; hence Moses says, the Levites {yillawoo,} "shall be joined," or associated, with the priests:
they shall conjointly perform the sacred office, but the priests shall be principal, the Levites their associates or assistants.
Num. 18:4• 4And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. (Num. 18:4)
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Gen. 29:34• 34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. (Gen. 29:34)
minister.
Num. 3:6‑9• 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
 7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
 8And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
 9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. (Num. 3:6‑9)
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Num. 8:19,22• 19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
 22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. (Num. 8:19,22)
but thou.
Num. 3:10‑13• 10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
 11And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
 12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
 13Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord. (Num. 3:10‑13)
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Num. 4:15• 15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. (Num. 4:15)
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Num. 16:40• 40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the Lord; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses. (Num. 16:40)
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Num. 17:7• 7And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. (Num. 17:7)
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1 Chron. 16:39‑40• 39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon,
 40To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel; (1 Chron. 16:39‑40)
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2 Chron. 30:16• 16And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. (2 Chron. 30:16)
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Ezek. 44:15• 15But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord God: (Ezek. 44:15)
• The priests alone draw near to the holy place; they alone are allowed this intimacy with God. (“Numbers 17-18” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unitea with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tent of the testimony.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, Gen. 29.34.