H9005–/ל–l

Because they did this work for them before their images, and became a cause of sin to the children of Israel; for this cause my hand has been lifted up against them, says the Lord, and their punishment will be on them.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבֵֽית־ (לְ) le. “for”לְמִכְשׁ֣וֹל (לְ) le. “<into>”

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.

לְכַהֵ֣ן (לְ) le. “to”לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “<to>”וְלָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙ (לָ) la. “to”

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

לְכֹל֙ (לְ) le. “for”וּלְכֹ֛ל (לְ) le. “for”

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

לְשָֽׁרְתֵ֑נִי (לְ) le. “to”לְפָנַ֗י (לְ) le. “<to>”לְהַקְרִ֥יב (לְ) le. “to”לִי֙ (לִ) l “to”

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.

לְשָׁרְתֵ֑נִי (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “for”לְנָשִׁ֑ים (לְ) le. “to”

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.

לְחֹ֑ל (לְ) le. “and”לְטָה֖וֹר (לְ) le. “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.

לְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט (לְ) li “for”

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.

לְטָמְאָ֑ה (לְ) le. “to”לְאָ֡ב (לְ) le. “for”וּ֠לְאֵם (לְ) le. “for”וּלְבֵ֨ן (לְ) le. “for”וּלְבַ֜ת (לְ) le. “for”לְאָ֗ח (לְ) le. “for”וּלְאָח֛וֹת (לְ) le. “for”לְאִ֖ישׁ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for”

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.

לְשָׁרֵ֣ת (לְ) le. “to”

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

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”לְֽנַחֲלָ֔ה (לְֽ) le. “<into>”לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”

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.

לָהֶ֥ם (לָ) la. “to”

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.

לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (לַ) la. “to the”לַכֹּהֵ֔ן (לַ) la. “to the”לְהָנִ֥יחַ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לַיהוָ֥ה׀ (לַ) la. “to”

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.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “[will belong] to”

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.

לַכֹּ֨הֲנִ֜ים (לַ) la. “to the”לְשָׁרֵ֣ת (לְ) le. “to”לָהֶ֤ם (לָ) la. “for”לְבָ֣תִּ֔ים (לְ) le. “for”לַמִּקְדָּֽשׁ׃ (לַ) la. “for the”

A space of land twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide is to be for the Levites, the servants of the house, a property for themselves, for towns for their living-places.

לַלְוִיִּם֩ (לַ) la “to the”לָהֶ֛ם (לָ) la. “of”לַאֲחֻזָּ֖ה (לַ) la. “to”

And as the property for the town you are to have a part five thousand wide and twenty-five thousand long, by the side of the offering of the holy part of the land: this is to be for all the children of Israel.

לְעֻמַּ֖ת (לְ) le. “<to>”לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”

And for the ruler there is to be a part on one side and on the other side of the holy offering and of the property of the town, in front of the holy offering and in front of the property of the town on the west of it and on the east: measured in the same

וְלַנָּשִׂ֡יא (לַ) la. “[will belong] to the”לִתְרוּמַ֨ת (לִ) li “of”וְלַאֲחֻזַּ֣ת (לַ) la. “of”לְעֻמּוֹת֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”

And this will be his heritage in Israel: and my rulers will no longer be cruel masters to my people; but they will give the land as a heritage to the children of Israel by their tribes.

לָאָ֛רֶץ (לָ) la. “to the”לּ֥וֹ (לּ֥) l “to”לַֽאֲחֻזָּ֖ה (לַֽ) la. “to”לְבֵֽית־ (לְ) le. “to”לְשִׁבְטֵיהֶֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

This is what the Lord has said: Let this be enough for you, O rulers of Israel: let there be an end of violent behaviour and wasting; do what is right, judging uprightly; let there be no more driving out of my people, says the Lord.

לָכֶם֙ (לָ) la. “for”

Have true scales and a true ephah and a true bath.

לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to”

The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.

לָשֵׂ֕את (לָ) la. “[is] to”

And the shekel is to be twenty gerahs: five shekels are five, and ten shekels are ten, and your maneh is to be fifty shekels

לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “for”