Exodus

Exodus 27:21

²¹In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony,^h Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.’’

Footnotes

h 27:21 The Testimony refers to the stone tablets in the ark of the covenant inscribed with the Ten Commandments.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
In the Tent	בְּאֹ֣הֶל	bə·’ō·hel	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H168 tent
of Meeting	מוֹעֵד֩	mō·w·‘êḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H4150 appointed time, place, meeting
outside	מִח֨וּץ	mi·ḥūṣ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2351 the outside
the veil	לַפָּרֹ֜כֶת	lap·pā·rō·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H6532 curtain
that	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
in front of	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the Testimony	הָעֵדֻ֗ת	hā·‘ê·ḏuṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5715 testimony
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֧ן	’a·hă·rōn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H175 Aaron
and his sons	וּבָנָ֛יו	ū·ḇā·nāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1121 son
are to tend	יַעֲרֹךְ֩	ya·‘ă·rōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6186 arrange or set in order
the lamps	אֹת֨וֹ	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
before	לִפְנֵ֣י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the LORD	יְהוָ֑ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
from evening	מֵעֶ֥רֶב	mê·‘e·reḇ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H6153 (sun)set, evening
until	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
morning	בֹּ֖קֶר	bō·qer	Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
This is to be a permanent	עוֹלָם֙	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
statute	חֻקַּ֤ת	ḥuq·qaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute
for the Israelites	בְּנֵ֥י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
for the generations to come	לְדֹ֣רֹתָ֔ם	lə·ḏō·rō·ṯām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1755 period, generation, dwelling

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Numbers 19:21 · Numbers 18:23 · Leviticus 3:17 · 2 Chronicles 13:11 · Leviticus 16:34 · Exodus 30:8 · 1 Samuel 3:3 · Exodus 28:43 · 1 Samuel 30:25 · 2 Peter 1:19 · John 5:35 · Revelation 2:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.