H9002–/וְ–v

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners that are among the children of Israel.

וְעֶ֣רֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house, and ministering in the house: they shall slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

וּֽמְשָׁרְתִ֖ים (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֛מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall not come near unto me, to execute the office of priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, unto the things that are most holy; but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתוֹעֲבוֹתָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

וּלְכֹ֛ל (וּ) u. “and”

But 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 Jehovah:

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וָדָ֔ם (וָ) va. “and”

they shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.

וְהֵ֛מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And it shall be that, when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, while they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָבָֽיְתָה׃ (וָ) va. “and”

They shall have linen tires upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with [ergänzt: anything that causeth] sweat.

וּמִכְנְסֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

וּ֠בְצֵאתָם (וּ֠) U. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.

וְרֹאשָׁם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפֶ֖רַע (וּ) u. “and”

Neither shall any of the priests drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

וְיַ֥יִן (וְ) ve. “and”

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

וְאַלְמָנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְרוּשָׁ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְהָֽאַלְמָנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

And in a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to mine ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֠לְאֵם (וּ֠) U. “and”וּלְבֵ֨ן (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבַ֜ת (וּ) u. “and”וּלְאָח֛וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, saith the Lord Jehovah.

וּבְיוֹם֩ (וּ) u. “and”

And they shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and ye shall give them no possession in Israel; I am their possession.

וַאֲחֻזָּ֗ה (וַ) va. “and”

They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

וְהַחַטָּ֣את (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאָשָׁ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the first of all the first-fruits of every thing, and every oblation of everything, of all your oblations, shall be for the priest: ye shall also give unto the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on thy house.

וְרֵאשִׁית֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֵאשִׁ֤ית (וְ) ve. “and”

The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

וּטְרֵפָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto Jehovah, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand [ergänzt: reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border thereof round about.

וּבְהַפִּֽילְכֶ֨ם (וּ) u “and”וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹ֖חַב (וְ) ve. “and”

Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred [ergänzt: in length] by five hundred [ergänzt: in breadth], square round about; and fifty cubits for the suburbs thereof round about.

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”

And of this measure shalt thou measure a length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹ֖חַב (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֽוֹ־ (וּ) u. “and”

It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, that come near to minister unto Jehovah; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

וּמִקְדָּ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”