King James Version
Leviticus 21:24 in the King James Version says “And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.”
Leviticus 21:24 · KJV
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“told”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“and to his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and to his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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