Exodus 16:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיַּנִּיחֵ֧הוּ אַהֲרֹ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדֻ֖ת לְמִשְׁמָֽרֶת׃

Transliteration

As ka-ʾăšer ṣiwwāh YHWH ʾel-Mōšeh, and wə-yanniḥēhû ʾAhărōn before li-p̄nê the ʿēdut for lĕ-mišmāret.

Grammar Details

• *ka-ʾăšer*: preposition kaph + relative pronoun - as/just as
• *ṣiwwāh*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - commanded
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD/Yahweh
• *ʾel*: preposition - to
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
• *wə-yanniḥēhû*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he placed it
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron
• *li-p̄nê*: preposition lamed + construct noun, masculine plural - before/in front of
• *ʿēdut*: noun, feminine singular - testimony/witness
• *lĕ-mišmāret*: preposition lamed + noun, feminine singular - for preservation/keeping

Word Meanings

• *ʿēdut*: testimony/witness/covenant stipulations/tablets of the covenant
• *mišmāret*: preservation/keeping/safekeeping/charge/obligation

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:16 : 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
• Exod 25:21 : 21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
• Exod 27:21 : 21 In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
• Exod 40:20 : 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:
• Num 17:10 : 10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.
• Exod 30:6 : 6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
• Exod 30:36 : 36 and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
• Exod 31:18 : 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
• Exod 38:21 : 21 This is the sum of [the things for] the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
• Deut 10:5 : 5 And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are as Jehovah commanded me.
• 1 Kgs 8:9 : 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
• Num 1:50 : 50 but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
• Num 1:53 : 53 But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.