Numbers 3:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

And their charge shalbe the Arke, and the Table, & the Candlesticke, & the altars, and the instruments of the Sanctuarie that they minister with, and the vaile, and all that serueth thereto.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗ם הָאָרֹ֤ן וְהַשֻּׁלְחָן֙ וְהַמְּנֹרָ֣ה וְהַֽמִּזְבְּחֹ֔ת וּכְלֵ֣י הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשָׁרְת֖וּ בָּהֶ֑ם וְהַ֨מָּסָ֔ךְ וְכֹ֖ל עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And mišmartām the ʾārōn and the šulḥān and the mənōrāh and the mizḇəḥōṯ and kəlê the qōdeš which they yəšārəṯû with them; and the māsāḵ and all ʿăḇōḏāṯô.

Grammar Details

• *mišmartām*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their charge/duty
• *ʾārōn*: masculine singular with definite article - the ark
• *šulḥān*: masculine singular with definite article - the table
• *mənōrāh*: feminine singular with definite article - the lampstand
• *mizḇəḥōṯ*: masculine plural with definite article - the altars
• *kəlê*: masculine plural construct - vessels/implements of
• *qōdeš*: masculine singular with definite article - the holy place/sanctuary
• *yəšārəṯû*: Piel imperfect 3rd person plural - they minister/serve
• *māsāḵ*: masculine singular with definite article - the screen/curtain
• *ʿăḇōḏāṯô*: feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its service/work

Word Meanings

• *mišmartām*: their charge/duty/responsibility/guard duty
• *ʾārōn*: ark/chest/box
• *šulḥān*: table/surface for setting things
• *mənōrāh*: lampstand/candlestick
• *mizḇəḥōṯ*: altars/places of sacrifice
• *kəlê*: vessels/utensils/implements/tools
• *yəšārəṯû*: they minister/they serve/they officiate

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:10-40 : 10 They shall make also an Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie. 11 And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde: within and without shalt thou ouerlay it, & shalt make vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about. 12 And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it, and put them in the foure corners thereof: that is, two rings shalbe on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof. 13 And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood, and couer them with golde. 14 Then thou shalt put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke with them. 15 The barres shalbe in the rings of the Arke: they shall not be taken away from it. 16 So thou shalt put in the Arke the Testimonie which I shall giue thee. 17 Also thou shalt make a Mercie seate of pure golde, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade. 18 And thou shalt make two Cherubims of golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shalt thou make the at ye two endes of the Merciseate. 19 And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one ende, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of the matter of the Mercieseate shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof. 20 And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shal the faces of the Cherubims be. 21 And thou shalt put the Mercieseate aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I will giue thee, 22 And there I will declare my selfe vnto thee, & from aboue ye Mercieseate betweene ye two Cherubims, which are vpon ye Arke of ye Testimonie, I wil tel thee al things which I wil giue thee in comandement vnto ye children of Israel. 23 Thou shalt also make a Table of Shittim wood, of two cubites long, and one cubite broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie: 24 And thou shalt couer it with pure gold, & make thereto a crowne of golde round about. 25 Thou shalt also make vnto it a border of foure fingers roud about and thou shalt make a golden crowne round about the border thereof. 26 After, thou shalt make for it foure ringes of golde, and shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure feete thereof: 27 Ouer against the border shall the rings be for places for barres, to beare the Table. 28 And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, and shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them. 29 Thou shalt make also dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and couerings for it, & goblets, wherewith it shall be couered, euen of fine golde shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set vpon the Table shewe bread before me continually. 31 Also thou shalt make a Candlesticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shall the Candlesticke be made, his shaft, & his branches, his boules, his knops: and his floures shalbe of the same. 32 Six braunches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, & three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it. 33 Three boules like vnto almondes, one knop and one floure in one braunch: and three boules like almondes in the other branch, one knop and one floure: so throughout the sixe branches that come out of the Candlesticke. 34 And in the shaft of the Candlesticke shalbe foure boules like vnto almondes, his knops & his floures. 35 And there shalbe a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of the Candlesticke. 36 Their knops and their branches shall bee thereof. all this shalbe one beaten worke of pure golde. 37 And thou shalt make the seuen lampes thereof: and the lampes thereof shalt thou put theron, to giue light toward that that is before it. 38 Also the snuffers and snuffedishes thereof shalbe of pure golde. 39 Of a talent of fine gold shalt thou make it with all these instruments. 40 Looke therefore that thou make them after their facion, that was shewed thee in the mountaine.
• Exod 26:31-33 : 31 Moreouer, thou shalt make a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen: thou shalt make it of broydred worke with Cherubims. 32 And thou shalt hang it vpo foure pillers of Shittim wood couered with gold, (whose hookes shalbe of gold) stading vpo foure sockets of siluer. 33 Afterward thou shalt hang the vaile on the hookes, that thou mayest bring in thither, that is (within the vaile) the arke of the Testimonie: and the vaile shall make you a separation betweene the Holy place and the most holy place.
• Exod 27:1-8 : 1 Moreouer thou shalt make the altar of Shittim wood, fiue cubites long and fiue cubites broade (the altar shall be foure square) and the height thereof three cubites. 2 And thou shalt make it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes shalbe of it selfe, and thou shalt couer it with brasse. 3 Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse. 4 And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar. 6 Also thou shalt make barres for the altar, barres, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with brasse. 7 And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare it. 8 Thou shalt make the altar holowe betwene the boardes: as God shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
• Exod 30:1-9 : 1 Fvrthermore thou shalt make an altar for sweete perfume, of Shittim wood thou shalt make it. 2 The length therof a cubite and the breadth thereof a cubite (it shalbe foure square) and the height thereof two cubites: the hornes thereof shalbe of the same, 3 And thou shalt ouerlay it with fine golde, both the toppe therof and the sides thereof round about, and his hornes: also thou shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about. 4 Besides this thou shalt make vnder this crowne two golden rings on either side: euen on euery side shalt thou make them, that they may be as places for the barres to beare it withall. 5 The which barres thou shalt make of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with golde. 6 After thou shalt set it before the vaile, that is neere the Arke of Testimonie, before the Merciseate that is vpon the Testimonie, where I will appoynt with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burne thereon sweete incense euery morning: when hee dresseth the lampes thereof, shall he burne it. 8 Likewise at eue, when Aaron setteth vp the lampes thereof, he shall burne incense: this perfume shalbe perpetually before ye Lord, throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor offring, neither powre any drinke offring thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make reconciliation vpon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offring in the day of reconciliation: once in the yeere shall hee make reconciliation vpon it throughout your generations: this is most holy vnto the Lord.
• Exod 31:1-9 : 1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Behold, I haue called by name, Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, 3 Whom I haue filled with the Spirit of God, in wisedome, and in vnderstanding and in knowledge and in all workmanship: 4 To finde out curious workes to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse, 5 Also in the arte to set stones, & to carue in timber, & to worke in all maner of workmaship. 6 And behold, I haue ioyned with him Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, & in the hearts of all that are wise hearted, haue I put wisdome to make all that I haue commanded thee: 7 That is, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimonie, & the Merciseate that shalbe therupon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle: 8 Also the Table & the instruments thereof, and the pure Candlesticke with all his instruments, and the Altar of perfume: 9 Likewise the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the Lauer with his foote: 10 Also the garments of the ministration, & ye holy garments for Aaron ye Priest, & the garmets of his sonnes, to minister in the Priestes office, 11 And the anoynting oyle, and sweete perfume for the Sanctuarie: according to all that I haue commanded thee, shal they do. 12 Afterwarde the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 13 Speake thou also vnto the children of Israel, and say, Notwithstanding keepe yee my Sabbaths: for it is a signe betweene me and you in your generations, that ye may know that I the Lord do sanctifie you. 14 Ye shall therefore keepe the Sabbath: for it is holy vnto you: he that defileth it, shal die the death: therefore whosoeuer worketh therin, the same person shalbe euen cut off from among his people. 15 Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death. 16 Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant. 17 It is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer: for in sixe dayes the Lorde made the heauen and the earth, & in the seuenth day he ceased, and rested. 18 Thus (when the Lord had made an ende of communing with Moses vpon mount Sinai) he gaue him two Tables of the Testimonie, euen tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
• Exod 36:35-36 : 35 Moreouer he made a vaile of blew silke, and purple, & of skarlet, and of fine twined linen: with Cherubims of broydred worke made he it: 36 And made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim, & ouerlayd them with golde: whose hookes were also of golde, and hee cast for them foure sockets of siluer.
• Exod 37:1-38:7 : 1 After this, Bezaleel made the Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie: 2 And ouerlayde it with fine golde within and without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about, 3 And cast for it foure rings of golde for the foure corners of it: that is, two rings for the one side of it, & two rings for the other side thereof. 4 Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde, 5 And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke. 6 And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two Cherubims of gold, vpo the two endes of the Merciseate: euen of worke beaten with the hammer made he them. 8 One Cherub on the one ende, and another Cherub on the other ende: of the Merciseate made he the Cherubims, at ye two endes thereof. 9 And the Cherubims spread out their wings on hie, & couered the Merciseat with their wings, & their faces were one towards another: towarde the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims. 10 Also he made ye Table of Shittim wood: two cubites was the length thereof, and a cubite the breadth thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the height of it. 11 And hee ouerlayde it with fine golde, and made thereto a crowne of golde round about. 12 Also he made thereto a border of an hand breadth round about, and made vpon the border a crowne of golde round about. 13 And he cast for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof. 14 Against the border were the rings, as places for the barres to beare the Table. 15 And he made the barres of Shittim wood, & couered them with golde to beare the Table. 16 Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and goblets for it, & couerings for it, wherewith it should be couered. 17 Likewise he made the Candlesticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer made he the Candlesticke: and his shaft, and his branche, his bolles, his knops, and his floures were of one piece. 18 And sixe branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it. 19 In one branche three bolles made like almondes, a knop & a floure: and in another branch three bolles made like almondes, a knop and a floure: and so throughout the sixe branches that proceeded out of the Candlesticke. 20 And vpon the Candlesticke were foure bolles after the facion of almondes, the knoppes thereof and the floures thereof: 21 That is, vnder euery two branches a knop made thereof, & a knop vnder the second branch thereof, and a knop vnder the thirde branche thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of it. 22 Their knops & their branches were of the same: it was all one beaten worke of pure gold. 23 And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffers, and snufdishes thereof of pure golde. 24 Of a talent of pure golde made he it with all the instruments thereof. 25 Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, & the breadth of it a cubite (it was square) and two cubites hie, & the hornes thereof were of ye same. 26 And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it, vnder the crowne thereof in the two corners of the two sides thereof, to put barres in for to beare it therewith. 28 Also he made the barres of Shittim wood, and ouerlayde them with golde. 29 And he made the holy anointing oyle, & the sweete pure incense after ye apothecaries arte. 1 Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie. 2 And hee made vnto it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlayd it with brasse. 3 Also he made al the instruments of the altar: the ashpans, and the besoms, and the basins, the fleshhookes, and the censers: all the instruments thereof made he of brasse. 4 Moreouer he made a brasen grate wrought like a net to the Altar, vnder the compasse of it beneath in the middes of it, 5 And cast foure rings of brasse for the foure endes of the grate to put barres in. 6 And he made the barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with brasse. 7 The which barres he put into the rings on the sides of the altar to beare it withall, & made it hollow within the boardes.
• Exod 39:33-42 : 33 Afterwarde they brought the Tabernacle vnto Moses, the Tabernacle and al his instruments, his taches, his boards, his barres, and his pillers, and his sockets, 34 And the couering of rammes skinnes died red, and the couerings of badgers skinnes, & the couering vaile. 35 The Arke of the Testimony, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseate, 36 The Table, with all the instruments thereof, and the shewebread, 37 The pure Candlesticke, the lampes thereof, euen the lampes set in order, and all the instruments thereof, and the oyle for light: 38 Also the golden Altar and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the hanging of the Tabernacle doore, 39 The brasen Altar with his grate of brasse, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote. 40 The curtaines of the court with his pillers, and his sockets, & the hanging to the court gate, and his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 41 Finally, the ministring garmentes to serue in the Sanctuarie, and the holy garmentes for Aaron the Priest, and his sonnes garmentes to minister in the Priestes office. 42 According to euery poynt that the Lorde had commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the worke.
• Exod 40:2-9 : 2 In the first day of the first moneth in the very first of the same moneth shalt thou set vp the Tabernacle, called ye Tabernacle of the Congregation: 3 And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile. 4 Also thou shalt bring in the Table, and set it in order as it doth require: thou shalt also bring in the Candlesticke, and light his lampes, 5 And thou shalt set ye incense Altar of gold before the Arke of the Testimonie, and put the hanging at the doore of the Tabernacle. 6 Moreouer, thou shalt set the burnt offering Altar before the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 7 And thou shalt set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and put water therein. 8 Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate. 9 After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie. 11 Also thou shalt anoynt the Lauer, and his foote, and shalt sanctifie it. 12 Then thou shalt bring Aaron & his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put vpon Aaron the holy garmentes, and shalt anoynt him, and sanctifie him, that he may minister vnto me in the Priestes office. 14 Thou shalt also bring his sonnes, & clothe them with garments, 15 And shalt anoynt them as thou diddest anoynt their father, that they may minister vnto mee in the Priestes office: for their anoynting shall be a signe, that the Priesthood shall be euerlasting vnto them throughout their generations. 16 So Moses did according to all that ye Lorde had commanded him: so did he.
• Exod 40:30 : 30 Likewise he set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with.
• Num 4:4-9 : 4 This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregatìon about the Holiest of all. 5 When the hoste remoueth, then Aaron and his sonnes shall come and take downe the couering vaile, and shall couer the Arke of the Testimonie therewith. 6 And they shall put thereon a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall spread vpon it a cloth altogether of blewe silke, and put to the barres thereof: 7 And vpon ye table of shew bread they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke, and put thereon the dishes, and the incense cups, and goblets, and couerings to couer it with, and the bread shall be thereon continually: 8 And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof. 9 Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candlesticke of light with his lampes and his snuffers, and his snuffedishes, and al the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it. 10 So they shal put it, and all the instruments thereof in a couering of badgers skinnes, and put it vpon the barres. 11 Also vpon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke, and couer it with a couering of badgers skinnes, & put to the barres thereof. 12 And they shall take all the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew silke, & couer the with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put them on the barres. 13 Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth vpon it, 14 And shall put vpon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupie about it: the censers, the fleshhookes and the besomes, & the basens, euen al the instruments of the altar and they shal spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sonnes haue made an ende of couering the Sanctuarie, and al the instruments of the Sanctuarie, at the remouing of the host, afterward the sonnes of Kohath shall come to beare it, but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they dye. This is the charge of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 16 And to the office of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest pertaineth the oyle for the light, and the sweete incense and the dayly meat offring, and the anointing oyle, with the ouersight of all the Tabernacle, and of all that therein is, both in the Sanctuarie and in all the instruments thereof.