Exodus 28:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Now bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to serve me as priests—Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַתָּ֡ה הַקְרֵ֣ב אֵלֶיךָ֩ אֶת־אַהֲרֹ֨ן אָחִ֜יךָ וְאֶת־בָּנָ֣יו אִתּ֗‪[t]‬וֹ מִתּ֛וֹךְ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְכַהֲנוֹ־לִ֑י אַהֲרֹ֕ן נָדָ֧ב וַאֲבִיה֛וּא אֶלְעָזָ֥ר וְאִיתָמָ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹֽן׃

Transliteration

And ʾattāh haqrēb unto you ʾet-ʾahărōn ʾāḥīkā and ʾet-bānāyw with him from midst bənê yiśrāʾēl for kăhănô-to me: ʾahărōn, nādāb and ʾăbîhûʾ, ʾelʿāzār and ʾîtāmār, bənê ʾahărōn.

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and, connecting to previous section
• *ʾattāh*: personal pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *haqrēb*: hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - bring near, cause to approach
• *ʾet*: accusative marker, indicating direct object
• *ʾahărōn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron
• *ʾāḥīkā*: noun masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your brother
• *bānāyw*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his sons
• *mittôk*: preposition with noun - from midst/among
• *bənê*: noun masculine plural construct - sons of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ləkăhănô-lî*: preposition + piel infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to serve as priest for me

Word Meanings

• *haqrēb*: bring near, cause to approach, present
• *mittôk*: from among, from the midst of
• *ləkăhănô-lî*: to minister to me, to serve as priest for me

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve Me as priest, along with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And bring{H7126} thou near unto thee Aaron{H175} thy brother,{H251} and his sons{H1121} with him, from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} that he may minister unto me in the priest's office,{H3547} even Aaron,{H175} Nadab{H5070} and Abihu,{H30} Eleazar{H499} and Ithamar,{H385} Aaron's{H175} sons.{H1121}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And take{H7126}{(H8685)} thou unto thee Aaron{H175} thy brother{H251}, and his sons{H1121} with him, from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office{H3547}{(H8763)}, even Aaron{H175}, Nadab{H5070} and Abihu{H30}, Eleazar{H499} and Ithamar{H385}, Aaron's{H175} sons{H1121}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And take thou vnto the, Aaron thi brother and his sonnes with him, from amonge the childern of Israel, that he maye minystre vnto me: both Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And thou shalt take vnto the Aaron thy brother and his sonnes fro amonge the childre of Israel, that he maye be my prest: namely Aaron & his sonnes Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And cause thou thy brother Aaron to come vnto thee and his sonnes with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serue me in the Priestes office: I meane Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar Aarons sonnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And take thou vnto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sonnes with him from among the children of Israel, that Aaron may minister vnto me in the priestes office, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aarons sonnes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, [even] Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, `even' Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

Referenced Verses

• Num 18:7 : 7 But you and your sons with you are to diligently guard your priestly duties for every aspect of the altar and the area behind the curtain. I have given your priesthood to you as a service of gift. Any unauthorized person who approaches shall be put to death.
• Exod 6:23 : 23 Aaron married Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Exod 24:1 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship from a distance."
• Exod 24:9 : 9 Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.
• Exod 28:41 : 41 Clothe your brother Aaron and his sons with these garments. Anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests.
• Exod 29:1 : 1 This is the procedure you shall follow to consecrate them to serve Me as priests: Take one young bull and two unblemished rams.
• Exod 29:9 : 9 Gird them with sashes, both Aaron and his sons, and fasten caps on their heads. The priesthood shall be theirs by a lasting statute. In this way, you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
• Exod 29:44 : 44 I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
• Exod 30:30 : 30 You shall anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them so that they may serve as priests to me.
• Exod 31:10 : 10 the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
• Exod 35:19 : 19 The finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.
• Lev 8:2 : 2 Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.
• Lev 10:1 : 1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu each took his own censer, put fire in it, placed incense on it, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them to do.
• Lev 10:12 : 12 Moses said to Aaron and to his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, 'Take the grain offering that remains from the LORD’s offerings by fire and eat it prepared without yeast beside the altar, for it is most holy.
• Num 2:4 : 4 The army of his division numbers 74,600.
• Num 16:9-9 : 9 Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has set you apart from the rest of the Israelite community to bring you near to Himself to do the work of the Lord's tabernacle and to stand before the assembly to minister to them? 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near to Him, but now you are demanding the priesthood as well! 11 Therefore, it is against the Lord that you and all your followers have gathered. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?"
• Num 17:2-9 : 2 Speak to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, and have him take the censers out of the burning remains and scatter the fire some distance away, for the censers are holy. 3 Take the censers of these men who sinned against their own lives and have them made into hammered plates to overlay the altar, for they presented them before the LORD, and they became holy. Let them serve as a sign to the Israelites. 4 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been brought by those who were burned, and they were hammered into a covering for the altar. 5 It is to be a reminder to the Israelites, so that no unauthorized person—anyone who is not from Aaron’s descendants—may come near to burn incense before the LORD and become like Korah and his assembly, as the LORD had spoken to him through Moses. 6 The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron the next day, saying, 'You have killed the LORD’s people!' 7 When the assembly gathered against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting, and there the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. 8 Moses and Aaron went to the front of the tent of meeting. 9 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
• Num 26:61 : 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord.
• Deut 10:6 : 6 The Israelites moved from Beeroth Bene-Jaakan to Moserah. There, Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar served as priest in his place.
• 1 Chr 6:10 : 10 The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.
• 1 Chr 24:1-4 : 1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron were as follows: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3 David, along with Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, organized them according to their duties in their service. 4 There were more leaders among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar. They divided them: sixteen heads of ancestral families from the sons of Eleazar, and eight from the sons of Ithamar.
• 2 Chr 11:14 : 14 For the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from serving as priests of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 26:18-21 : 18 They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, 'It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful, and you will not be honored by the Lord God.' 19 Uzziah, who was holding a censer to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, near the altar of incense. 20 Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, and they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead. So they hurried him out, and he himself was eager to leave because the Lord had afflicted him. 21 King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house, excluded from the temple of the Lord. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
• Luke 1:8 : 8 Now it happened that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,
• Heb 5:1-5 : 1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness. 3 Because of this, he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people. 4 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. 5 In the same way, Christ did not glorify Himself to become high priest, but was appointed by the One who said to Him, 'You are My Son; today I have begotten You.'