Numbers 3

YHWH directs Moses to take a census of the Levites, who were excluded from the first census, and assigns each Levite clan specific areas of responsibility in maintaining and transporting the Tabernacle.[1] The Levites are designated to take the place of the firstborn sons of Israel in service to YHWH.[1]

Interlinear Text

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וַ/יָּ֣מָת 𐤅/𐤉𐤌𐤕 vayamat and died and he died HC/Vqw3ms נָדָ֣ב 𐤍𐤃𐤁 nadav Nadab Willing-One Nadav HNp וַ/אֲבִיה֣וּא 𐤅/𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤀 vaavihu and Abihu My Father Is He and Avihu HC/Np לִ/פְנֵ֣י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of HR/Ncbpc יְהוָ֡ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp בְּֽ/הַקְרִבָ/ם֩ 𐤁/𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤁/𐤌 behaqerivam when they offered in their bringing-near HR/Vhc/Sp3mp אֵ֨שׁ 𐤀𐤔 esh fire fire HNcbsa זָרָ֜ה 𐤆𐤓𐤄 zarah strange foreign HAafsa לִ/פְנֵ֤י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney-2 before to the face of HR/Ncbpc יְהוָה֙ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah-2 Nyambe (Lozi) the LORD Yahweh Yahweh HNp בְּ/מִדְבַּ֣ר 𐤁/𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 bemidebar in the wilderness in grazing steppe HR/Ncmsc סִינַ֔י 𐤎𐤉𐤍𐤉 sinay of Sinai Sinai Sinay HNp וּ/בָנִ֖ים 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 uvanim Bene (Bemba) and sons and sons HC/Ncmpa לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn הָי֣וּ 𐤄𐤉𐤅 hayu they were they were HVqp3cp לָ/הֶ֑ם 𐤋/𐤄𐤌 lahem to them HR/Sp3mp וַ/יְכַהֵ֤ן 𐤅/𐤉𐤊𐤄𐤍 vayekhahen and ministered and he served as priest HC/Vpw3ms אֶלְעָזָר֙ 𐤀𐤋𐤏𐤆𐤓 eleazar Eleazar El has helped Eleazar HNp וְ/אִ֣יתָמָ֔ר 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤕𐤌𐤓 veitamar and Ithamar and Ithamar and Itamar HC/Np עַל 𐤏𐤋 al in the presence of upon HR פְּנֵ֖י 𐤐𐤍𐤉 peney presence face of HNcbpc אַהֲרֹ֥ן 𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 aharon Aaron Aharon Aharon HNp אֲבִי/הֶֽם 𐤀𐤁𐤉/𐤄𐤌 avihem their father their father HNcmsc/Sp3mp
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וְ/הַ/חֹנִ֣ים 𐤅/𐤄/𐤇𐤍𐤉𐤌 vehachonim and-those-camping and the ones encamping HC/Td/Vqrmpa לִ/פְנֵ֣י 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney before to the face of HR/Ncbpc הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֡ן 𐤄/𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤍 hamishekan the-tabernacle the dwelling-place HTd/Ncmsa קֵ֣דְמָ/ה 𐤒𐤃𐤌/𐤄 qedemah eastward frontward HNcmsa/Sd לִ/פְנֵי֩ 𐤋/𐤐𐤍𐤉 lifeney-2 before to the face of HR/Ncbpc אֹֽהֶל 𐤀𐤄𐤋 ohel the-tent portable tent-dwelling HNcmsc מוֹעֵ֨ד 𐤌𐤅𐤏𐤃 moed of-meeting appointed time HNcmsa מִזְרָ֜חָ/ה 𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤇/𐤄 mizerachah eastward sunrise-ward HNcmsa/Sd מֹשֶׁ֣ה 𐤌𐤔𐤄 mosheh Moses Mosheh Mosheh HNp וְ/אַהֲרֹ֣ן 𐤅/𐤀𐤄𐤓𐤍 veaharon and-Aaron and Aharon and Aharon HC/Np וּ/בָנָ֗י/ו 𐤅/𐤁𐤍𐤉/𐤅 uvanayv Bene (Bemba) and-his-sons his sons HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms שֹֽׁמְרִים֙ 𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌 shomerim keeping guarding ones HVqrmpa מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת 𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕 mishemeret charge guard-duty of HNcfsc הַ/מִּקְדָּ֔שׁ 𐤄/𐤌𐤒𐤃𐤔 hamiqedash of-the-sanctuary the set-apart sanctuary HTd/Ncmsa לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת 𐤋/𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕 lemishemeret for-the-charge for guard-duty HR/Ncfsc בְּנֵ֣י 𐤁𐤍𐤉 beney Bene (Bemba) of-sons sons of HNcmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel El-Contends Yiserael HNp וְ/הַ/זָּ֥ר 𐤅/𐤄/𐤆𐤓 vehazar and-the-stranger and the foreign one HC/Td/Aamsa הַ/קָּרֵ֖ב 𐤄/𐤒𐤓𐤁 haqarev the-approaching the near one HTd/Aamsa יוּמָֽת 𐤉𐤅𐤌𐤕 yumat shall-be-put-to-death he will be put to death HVHi3ms
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