Numbers 3:38
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.”
מִשְׁמֶרֶת
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
מִזְרָח
east/ -ward
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מִזְרָח
East, sunrise direction. Mizrach. As far as the east is from the west so far has He removed our transgressions. This is an infinite distance. Sin is completely removed.
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קֶדֶם
east/ -ward
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קֶדֶם
the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
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שָׁמַר
keeping
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שָׁמַר
To keep, to guard, to observe. Shamar. The LORD will keep you from all harm. He watches over your coming and going both now and forevermore.
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מוּת
he will be put to death
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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מוֹעֵד
meeting
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מוֹעֵד
Appointed time, season, meeting place. Moed. God has appointed times for everything in your life. He has a moed for your breakthrough.
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בֵּן
the people of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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מֹשֶׁה
were Moses
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מֹשֶׁה
Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
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