Numbers 3:31
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. | Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items. | And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and duty their | וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗ם | u-mish-mar-TAM | H4931 | chargeמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת (mish.me.ret) 1) guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch 1a) guard, watch, house of detention or confinement 1b) keeping, preserving 1c) charge, injunction 1d) office, function (ceremonial) |
| [was] the ark | הָאָרֹ֤ן | ha-'a-RON | H0727 | arkאֲרוֹן (a.ron) 1) chest, ark 1a) money chest 1b) Ark of the Covenant 2)(TWOT) coffin |
| and the table | וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן֙ | ve-ha-shul-CHAN | H7979 | tableשֻׁלְחָן (shul.chan) 1) table 1a) table 1a1) of king's table, private use, sacred uses |
| and the lampstand | וְהַמְּנֹרָ֣ה | ve-ha-me-no-RAH | H4501 | lampstandמְנוֹרָה (me.no.rah) lamp stand |
| and the altars | וְהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹ֔ת | ve-ha-miz-be-CHOT | H4196 | sacrificeדְּבַח (de.vach) sacrifice Aramaic of miz.be.ach (מִזְבֵּחַ "altar" H4196) |
| and [the] equipments of | וּכְלֵ֣י | u-khe-LEI | H3627 | article/utensilכְּלִי (ke.li) 1) article, vessel, implement, utensil 1a) article, object (general) 1b) utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel 1b1) implement (of hunting or war) 1b2) implement (of music) 1b3) implement, tool (of labour) 1b4) equipment, yoke (of oxen) 1b5) utensils, furniture 1c) vessel, receptacle (general) 1d) vessels (boats) of paper-reed |
| the holy place | הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ | ha-KO-desh | H6944G | holinessקֹ֫דֶשׁ (qo.desh) 1) apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness 1a) apartness, sacredness, holiness 1a1) of God 1a2) of places 1a3) of things 1b) set-apartness, separateness |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a-SHER | H0834A | whichאֲשֶׁר (a.sher) A: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if B: Beth+ 1) in (that) which 2) (adv) 2a) where 3) (conj) 3a) in that, inasmuch as 3b) on account of C: Mem+ 1) from (or than) that which 2) from (the place) where 3) from (the fact) that, since D: Kaph+ 1) (conj.), according as, as, when 1a) according to that which, according as, as 1b) with a causal force: in so far as, since 1c) with a temporal force: when |
| they will serve | יְשָׁרְת֖וּ | ye-sha-re-TU | H8334 | to ministerשָׁרַת (sha.rat) (Piel) to minister, serve, minister to |
| and the screen | וְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְ | ve-HA-ma-SAKH | H4539 | coveringמָסָךְ (ma.sakh) 1) covering, rag, screen 1a) covering 1b) screen (of the tabernacle) |
| and all | וְכֹ֖ל | ve-KHOL | H3605 | allכֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606) |
| service its | עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ | a-vo-da-TO | H5656H | serviceעֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) : service[as_servant/slave] 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.