Exodus 27:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד֩ מִח֨וּץ לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָעֵדֻ֗ת יַעֲרֹךְ֩ אֹת֨וֹ אַהֲרֹ֧ן וּבָנָ֛יו מֵעֶ֥רֶב עַד־בֹּ֖קֶר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה חֻקַּ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס

Transliteration

bə-ʾōhel môʿēd miḥûṣ la-pārōket ʾăšer ʿal-hā-ʿēdut yaʿărōk ʾōtô ʾahărōn û-bānāyw mē-ʿereb ʿad-bōqer li-pnê YHWH ḥuqqat ʿôlām lə-dōrōtām mē-ʾēt bənê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *bə-ʾōhel*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in tent of
• *môʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - meeting
• *miḥûṣ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - outside
• *la-pārōket*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - for the veil
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *ʿal*: preposition - upon
• *hā-ʿēdut*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the testimony
• *yaʿărōk*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he shall arrange
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - it
• *ʾahărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *û-bānāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his sons
• *mē-ʿereb*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from evening
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
• *li-pnê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in the face of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *ḥuqqat*: noun, feminine singular construct - statute of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *lə-dōrōtām*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for their generations
• *mē-ʾēt*: preposition + direct object marker - from
• *bənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *ʾōhel* *môʿēd*: tent of meeting/tabernacle of congregation
• *miḥûṣ* *la-pārōket*: outside the veil/outside the curtain
• *hā-ʿēdut*: the testimony/the witness/the covenant
• *yaʿărōk*: he shall arrange/he shall set in order/he shall tend
• *mē-ʿereb* *ʿad*-*bōqer*: from evening until morning/from sunset to sunrise
• *li-pnê* *YHWH*: before YHWH/in the presence of the LORD
• *ḥuqqat* *ʿôlām*: perpetual statute/everlasting ordinance
• *lə-dōrōtām*: for their generations/throughout their generations
• *bənê* *yiśrāʾēl*: sons of Israel/children of Israel/Israelites

Referenced Verses

• Num 18:23 : 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
• Num 19:21 : 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them: and he that sprinkleth the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he that toucheth the water for impurity shall be unclean until even.
• 1 Sam 3:3 : 3 and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down [to] [sleep], in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was;
• 2 Chr 13:11 : 11 and they burn unto Jehovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense: the showbread also [set they] in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God; but ye have forsaken him.
• Exod 30:8 : 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jehovah throughout your generations.
• Lev 3:17 : 17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood.
• Lev 16:34 : 34 And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once in the year. And he did as Jehovah commanded Moses.
• Exod 28:43 : 43 and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.
• 1 Sam 30:25 : 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
• Ps 134:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless ye Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, That by night stand in the house of Jehovah.
• Mal 2:7 : 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
• Matt 4:16 : 16 the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up.
• Luke 12:35 : 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;
• John 5:35 : 35 He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 Seeing it is God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 And we have the word of prophecy [made] more sure; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a lamp shining in a dark place, until {G3757} the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:
• Rev 2:1 : 1 To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
• Exod 29:9-9 : 9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.
• Exod 29:28 : 28 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as [their] portion for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto Jehovah.
• Exod 29:42 : 42 It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee.
• Exod 29:44 : 44 And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office.
• Gen 1:5 : 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
• Gen 1:8 : 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
• Exod 16:34 : 34 As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
• Exod 25:16 : 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
• Exod 25:21-22 : 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. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
• Exod 26:31-33 : 31 And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made: 32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
• Lev 24:3 : 3 Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations.
• Lev 24:9 : 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
• Num 8:9 : 9 And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
• 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 40:3 : 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.
• Lev 3:8 : 8 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.