H9002–/וְ–v

For this cause the Lord has said, No man from a strange land, without circumcision of heart and flesh, of all those who are living among the children of Israel, is to come into my holy place.

וְעֶ֣רֶל (וְ) ve. “and”

But they may be caretakers in my holy place, and overseers at the doors of the house, doing the work of the house: they will put to death the burned offering and the beasts offered for the people, and they will take their place before them as their serva

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

And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.

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

But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.

וּלְכֹ֛ל (וּ) u. “and”

But as for the priests, the sons of Zadok, who took care of my holy place when the children of Israel were turned away from me, they are to come near me to do my work, they will take their places before me, offering to me the fat and the blood, says the

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

They are to come into my holy place and they are to come near to my table, to do my work and have the care of my house.

וְהֵ֛מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they come in by the doorways of the inner square, they are to be clothed in linen robes; there is to be no wool on them while they are doing my work in the doorway of the inner square and inside the house.

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

They are to have linen head-dresses on their heads and linen trousers on their legs, and they are to have nothing round them to make their skin wet with heat.

וּמִכְנְסֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.

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

They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut.

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

The priests are not to take wine when they go into the inner square.

וְיַ֥יִן (וְ) ve. “and”

And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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

And they are to make clear to my people the division between what is holy and what is common, and to give them the knowledge of what is clean and what is unclean.

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

In any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

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

They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

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

And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the day when he goes into the inner square, to do the work of the holy place, he is to make his sin-offering, says the Lord.

וּבְיוֹם֩ (וּ) u. “and”

And they are to have no heritage; I am their heritage: you are to give them no property in Israel; I am their property.

וַאֲחֻזָּ֗ה (וַ) va. “and”

Their food is to be the meal offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error; and everything given specially to the Lord in Israel will be theirs.

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

And the best of all the first-fruits of everything, and every offering which is lifted up of all your offerings, will be for the priests: and you are to give the priest the first of your bread-making, so causing a blessing to come on your house.

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

The priests may not take for food any bird or beast which has come to a natural death or whose death has been caused by another animal.

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

And when you are making a distribution of the land, by the decision of the Lord, for your heritage, you are to make an offering to the Lord of a part of the land as holy: it is to be twenty-five thousand long and twenty thousand wide: all the land inside

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

Of this, a square five hundred long and five hundred wide is to be for the holy place, with a space of fifty cubits all round it.

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”

And of this measure, let a space be measured, twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide: in it there will be the holy place, even the most holy.

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

This holy part of the land is to be for the priests, the servants of the holy place, who come near to the Lord to do his work; it is to be a place for their houses and for grass-land and for cattle.

וּמִקְדָּ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”