H9005–/ל–l

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

לֵּאמֹֽר׃ (לֵּ) le. “<to>”

Thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לְטַֽהֲרָ֔ם (לְ) le. “to”

Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.

לְחַטָּֽאת׃ (לְ) le. “to”

You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering, on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לַעֲבֹ֖ד (לַ) la. “to”

The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.

לַֽיהוָ֔ה (לַֽ) la. “to”לְכַפֵּ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”

You shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”וְלִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (לַֽ) la. “to”

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “to <the>”

"After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.

לַעֲבֹ֖ד (לַ) la. “to”

For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.

לִ֔י (לִ֔) L “to <the>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “for <the>”

For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

לִ֤י (לִ֤) l “[belongs] to <the>”לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “for <the>”

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 Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary."

לְאַהֲרֹ֣ן (לְ) le. “to”וּלְבָנָ֗יו (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲבֹ֞ד (לַ) la. “to”וּלְכַפֵּ֖ר (לְ) le. “to”

Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

לַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לַ) la “to the”לַלְוִיִּ֔ם (לַ) la “of the”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to <the>”

The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְטַהֲרָֽם׃ (לְ) le. “to”

After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

לַעֲבֹ֤ד (לַ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”וְלִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לָהֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “to <the>”

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

לֵּאמֹֽר׃ (לֵּ) le. “<to>”

"This is that which belongs to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;

לַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לַ) la “[is] to the”לִצְבֹ֣א (לִ) li “to”

but shall minister with their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites concerning their duties."

לִשְׁמֹ֣ר (לִ) li “by”לַלְוִיִּ֖ם (לַ) la “to the”

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

לְצֵאתָ֨ם (לְ) le. “of”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.

לַעֲשֹׂ֥ת (לַ) la. “to”

They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.

לַחֹ֛דֶשׁ (לַ) la. “of the”

There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ (לְ) le. “to”לַעֲשֹׂת־ (לַ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”וְלִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Those men said to him, "We are unclean because of the dead body of a man. Why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of Yahweh in its appointed season among the children of Israel?"

לְנֶ֣פֶשׁ (לְ) le. “to”לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”לְבִלְתִּ֨י (לְ) le. “to”

Moses answered them, "Wait, that I may hear what Yahweh will command concerning you."

לָכֶֽם׃ (לָ) la. “of <the>”