Numbers 4:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּפְקֻדַּ֞ת אֶלְעָזָ֣ר ׀ בֶּן־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן שֶׁ֤מֶן הַמָּאוֹר֙ וּקְטֹ֣רֶת הַסַּמִּ֔ים וּמִנְחַ֥ת הַתָּמִ֖יד וְשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֑ה פְּקֻדַּ֗ת כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בּ֔וֹ בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ וּבְכֵלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And pəqudat ʾElʿāzār son of ʾAhărōn the kōhēn [is] šemen the māʾôr and qəṭōret the sammîm, and minḥat the tāmîd, and šemen the mišḥâ, pəqudat all the miškān and all which [is] in it, in the qōdeš and in its kēlîm.

Grammar Details

• *pəqudat*: construct state, feminine singular - oversight/charge/responsibility
• *ʾElʿāzār*: proper noun, masculine singular - Eleazar
• *ʾAhărōn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Aaron
• *kōhēn*: noun, masculine singular - priest
• *šemen*: noun, masculine singular, construct state - oil of
• *māʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light/illumination
• *qəṭōret*: noun, feminine singular, construct state - incense of
• *sammîm*: noun, masculine plural - spices/fragrances
• *minḥat*: noun, feminine singular, construct state - offering/tribute of
• *tāmîd*: noun/adjective, masculine singular - continual/daily
• *mišḥâ*: noun, feminine singular - anointing
• *miškān*: noun, masculine singular - tabernacle/dwelling place
• *qōdeš*: noun, masculine singular - holy place/sanctuary
• *kēlîm*: noun, masculine plural + possessive suffix - vessels/implements

Word Meanings

• *pəqudat*: oversight/charge/responsibility/appointment
• *šemen*: oil/fat
• *māʾôr*: light/illumination/luminary
• *qəṭōret*: incense/smoke of sacrifice
• *sammîm*: spices/fragrances/aromatics
• *minḥat*: offering/gift/tribute/meal-offering
• *tāmîd*: continual/regular/daily/perpetual
• *mišḥâ*: anointing/consecration
• *miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place/habitation
• *qōdeš*: holy place/sanctuary/holiness
• *kēlîm*: vessels/implements/utensils/furniture

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:6 : 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
• Lev 24:2 : 2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
• Exod 30:23-38 : 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: 25 And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. 26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: 35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: 36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
• Exod 31:11 : 11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
• Exod 37:29 : 29 And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
• Lev 6:20 : 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
• Exod 27:20-21 : 20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
• Exod 29:39-41 : 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Num 3:32 : 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
• Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
• 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
• 1 Tim 2:5 : 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
• Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
• 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
• 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;