Numbers 18:7 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

vail a veil Still heard today: a veil, the same word Webster’s 1828 · Vail

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

thou, thy, thee one person
your, ye, you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The charge of the priests and LevitesThe people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should come near for them....

Thompson Chains

Brazen AltarSee the chain from Exodus 27:1 · 10 links
Holy of HoliesSee the chain from Exodus 26:33 · 4 links
Serve GodSee the chain from Exodus 23:25 · 7 links
Exclusion (3)Last of 5 links
Death Penalty (2)See the chain from Leviticus 10:2 · 7 links

Cross References

Numbers 3:10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Exodus 29:9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Leviticus 16:12–14 And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: …
Numbers 1:51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 3:38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 16:5–7 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. …
Numbers 16:40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 18:4–5 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. …
Numbers 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
John 3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
Romans 15:15–16 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, …
Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
Hebrews 5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
Hebrews 9:3–6 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; …

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Topics

Minister, Christian Charge delivered to Minister, Christian
Priest The time of Moses

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Hebrew and Strong’s

Therefore thou and thy sons וְאַתָּה wĕʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular · with and וּבָנֶיךָ ûbānêkā בֵּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
with thee shall keep אִתְּךָ ʾittĕkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular תִּשְׁמְרוּ tišmĕrû שָׁמַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
your priest's office אֶת ʾet Object marker כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם kĕhunnatkem כְּהֻנָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
for every thing לְכָל lĕkol Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition דְּבַר dĕbar דָּבָר Noun · masculine singular construct
of the altar הַמִּזְבֵּחַ hammizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular · with the
and within וּלְמִבֵּית ûlĕmibbêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition, preposition
the vail לַפָּרֹכֶת lappārōket פֹּרֶכֶת Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
and ye shall serve וַעֲבַדְתֶּם waʿăbadtem עָבַד Verb · qal sequential perfect, second person masculine plural · with and
I have given אֶתֵּן ʾettēn נָתַן Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular
your priest's office אֶת ʾet Object marker כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם kĕhunnatkem כְּהֻנָּה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
as a service עֲבֹדַת ʿăbōdat עֲבֹדָה Noun · feminine singular construct
of gift מַתָּנָה mattānâ מַתָּנָה Noun · feminine singular
and the stranger וְהַזָּר wĕhazzār זוּר Adjective · masculine singular · with and, the
that cometh nigh הַקָּרֵב haqqārēb Adjective · masculine singular · with the קָרֵב qârêb
shall be put to death יוּמָת yûmāt מוּת Verb · hophal imperfect, third person masculine singular

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