King James Version
Deuteronomy 18:7 in the King James Version says “Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.”
Deuteronomy 18:7 · KJV
For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. that: Heb. his sale by the fathers
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then he shall minister”
H8334to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
“in the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“his God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“as all his brethren”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“do which stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“there before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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