Numbers 18:1

Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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WEBBE

The LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

BSB

So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.

KJV

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers’ house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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וַיֹּאמֶר vai·yo·mer and he said H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אַהֲרֹן 'a·ha·ron Aaron H175 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 וּבָנֶיךָ u·va·nei·kha and sons your H1121 וּבֵית־ u·veit- and [the] house of H1004 אָבִיךָ 'a·vi·kha ancestor your H1 אִתָּךְ 'i·takh with you H854 תִּשְׂאוּ tis·'u you will bear H5375 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֲוֹן 'a·von [the] guilt of H5771 הַמִּקְדָּשׁ ha·mik·dash the sanctuary H4720 וְאַתָּה ve·'a·tah and you H859 וּבָנֶיךָ u·va·nei·kha and sons your H1121 אִתָּךְ 'i·takh with you H854 תִּשְׂאוּ tis·'u you will bear H5375 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 עֲוֹן 'a·von [the] guilt of H5771 כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם ke·hu·nat·khem priesthood your H3550

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

The people complained of their difficulty and peril in drawing near to God. God here gives them to understand, that the priests should come near for them. Aaron would see reason not to be proud of his preferment, when he considered the great care and charge upon him. Be not high-minded, but fear. The greater the trust of work and power that is committed to us, the greater danger there is of betraying that trust. This is a good reason why we should neither envy others' honours, nor desire high places.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.