H9002–/וְ–v

Thus says the Lord Yahweh, No foreigner, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any foreigners who 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 kill the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them.

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

They shall not come near to me, to execute the office of priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, to 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 of it, and for all that shall be done therein.

וּלְכֹ֛ל (וּ) u. “and”

But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord Yahweh:

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

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

וְהֵ֛מָּה (וְ) ve. “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 on 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 on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with [ergänzt: anything that causes] sweat.

וּמִכְנְסֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

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

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

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow 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 who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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

In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.

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

After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.

וְאַחֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

In the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offering, says the Lord Yahweh.

וּבְיוֹם֩ (וּ) u. “and”

They shall have an inheritance: I am their inheritance; and you 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”

The first of all the first fruits of every thing, and every offering of everything, of all your offerings, shall be for the priest: you shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, to cause a blessing to rest on your house.

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

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

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

Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an offering to Yahweh, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of twenty-five thousand [ergänzt: reeds], and the breadth shall be ten thousand: it shall be holy in all the border of it 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 of it round about.

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (וַ) va. “and”

Of this measure shall you measure a length of twenty-five 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, who come near to minister to Yahweh; and it shall be a place for their houses, and a holy place for the sanctuary.

וּמִקְדָּ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”