King James Version
Numbers 3:9 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.”
Numbers 3:9 · KJV
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
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.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt give”
H5414to 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)
“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
“And thou shalt give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“And thou shalt give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“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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