What Does Numbers 18:7 Mean?

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“Therefore thou and thy sons”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“with thee shall keep”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“your priest's office”

priesthood

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“for every thing”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

“of the altar”

an altar

“and within”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“the vail”

a separatrix, i.e., (the sacred) screen

“and ye shall serve”

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc

“unto you as a service”

work of any kind

“of gift”

a present; specifically (in a good sense), a sacrificial offering, (in a bad sense) a bribe

“I have given”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“your priest's office”

priesthood

“and the stranger”

to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery

“that cometh nigh”

near

“shall be put to death”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill