Exodus 29:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put hats on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs by a perpetual statute: thus you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחָגַרְתָּ֩ אֹתָ֨ם אַבְנֵ֜ט אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּבָנָ֗יו וְחָבַשְׁתָּ֤ לָהֶם֙ מִגְבָּעֹ֔ת וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם כְּהֻנָּ֖ה לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּמִלֵּאתָ֥ יֽ͏ַד־אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְיַד־בָּנָֽיו

Transliteration

And-ḥāḡartā ʾōṯām ʾaḇnēṭ ʾahărōn and-bānāyw, and-ḥāḇaštā for-them miḡbāʿōṯ, and-hāyṯāh for-them kəhunnāh for-ḥuqqaṯ ʿôlām; and-millēʾṯā yaḏ-ʾahărōn and-yaḏ-bānāyw

Grammar Details

• *wə-ḥāḡartā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall gird
• *ʾōṯām*: direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them
• *ʾaḇnēṭ*: noun, masculine singular - sash/belt/girdle
• *ʾahărōn*: proper noun - Aaron
• *û-bānāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - and his sons
• *wə-ḥāḇaštā*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall bind
• *lāhem*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - for them
• *miḡbāʿōṯ*: noun, feminine plural - headbands/caps
• *wə-hāyṯāh*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - and it shall be
• *kəhunnāh*: noun, feminine singular - priesthood
• *lə-ḥuqqaṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - for statute of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever/eternity
• *û-millēʾṯā*: conjunction + verb, piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall fill/consecrate
• *yaḏ*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
• *wə-yaḏ*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and hand of
• *bānāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - his sons

Word Meanings

• *ḥāḡartā*: gird/wrap/belt
• *ʾaḇnēṭ*: sash/belt/girdle
• *ḥāḇaštā*: bind/wrap/tie
• *miḡbāʿōṯ*: headbands/caps/turbans
• *kəhunnāh*: priesthood/priestly office
• *ḥuqqaṯ*: statute/ordinance/decree
• *ʿôlām*: forever/everlasting/perpetual
• *millēʾṯā*: fill/consecrate/ordain
• *yaḏ*: hand/power/authority

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt gird{H2296} them with girdles,{H73} Aaron{H175} and his sons,{H1121} and bind{H2280} head-tires{H4021} on them: and they shall have the priesthood{H3550} by a perpetual{H5769} statute:{H2708} and thou shalt consecrate{H4390} Aaron{H175} and his sons.{H1121}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And thou shalt gird{H2296}{(H8804)} them with girdles{H73}, Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121}, and put{H2280}{(H8804)} the bonnets{H4021} on them: and the priest's office{H3550} shall be theirs for a perpetual{H5769} statute{H2708}: and thou shalt consecrate{H4390}{(H8765)}{H3027} Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  ad gerth them with girdels: as well Aaron as his sonnes, And put the bonettes on them that the preastes office maye be theirs for a perpetuall lawe. And fyll the handes of Aaron and of hys sonnes,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & put the albes vpon them, and gyrde both Aaron & them with gyrdles, & set the bonettes vpon their heades, that they maye haue the presthode for a perpetuall custome. And thou shalt fyll the hades of Aaron and his sonnes,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And shalt girde them with girdles, both Aaron and his sonnes: and shalt put the bonets on them, and the Priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe: thou shalt also fill the hands of Aaron, and the hands of his sonnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And gyrde them with gyrdels, aswell Aaron as his sonnes, and put the bonnettes on them, and the priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe, and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron, and the handes of his sonnes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall dress them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and hast girded them `with' a girdle (Aaron and his sons), and hast bound on them bonnets; and the priesthood hath been theirs by a statute age-during, and thou hast consecrated the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Referenced Verses

• Num 18:7 : 7 Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest's office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
• Lev 8:22-28 : 22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 And he killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around. 25 And he took the fat, the fatty tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh; 26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh; 27 And he put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD. 28 And Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering as consecrations for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
• Lev 8:33 : 33 And you shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation for seven days, until the days of your consecration are completed; for he shall consecrate you for seven days.
• Num 3:10 : 10 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall fulfill their duties in the priest's office; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
• Num 16:10 : 10 And He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you: and do you seek the priesthood also?
• Num 16:35 : 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
• Num 16:40 : 40 To be a memorial to the children of Israel, that no outsider, who is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he not be like Korah, and like his company: as the LORD said to him through Moses.
• Exod 28:1 : 1 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.
• Exod 28:40-41 : 40 For Aaron’s sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make sashes and hats for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may serve Me as priests.
• Exod 32:29 : 29 Moses said, "Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, that He may bestow on you a blessing this day, for every man has opposed his son and his brother."
• Exod 40:15 : 15 And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest's office, for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
• Num 25:13 : 13 And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.
• Deut 18:5 : 5 For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever.
• Heb 5:4-5 : 4 And no man takes this honor unto himself, but only he who is called by God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, 'You are My Son, today I have begotten You.'
• Heb 5:10 : 10 Called by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.
• Heb 7:11-14 : 11 If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, of which no man attended the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
• Heb 7:23-28 : 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not allowed to continue by reason of death: 24 But he, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able also to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; 27 Who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for he did this once, when he offered up himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses; but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who is perfected forever.