Numbers 25:13

American Standard Version (1901)

and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָ֤יְתָה לּוֹ֙ וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֔יו בְּרִ֖ית כְּהֻנַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֤ר קִנֵּא֙ לֵֽאלֹהָ֔יו וַיְכַפֵּ֖ר עַל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyəṯāh to-him and-to-zarʿô after-him bərîṯ kəhunnaṯ ʿôlām taḥaṯ that qinnēʾ for-ʾĕlōhāyw wə-yəḵappēr for-bənê yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *wə-hāyəṯāh*: conjunction + Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - and it shall be
• *zarʿô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix and preposition - and to his seed/offspring
• *bərîṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - covenant of
• *kəhunnaṯ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - priesthood of
• *ʿôlām*: common noun, masculine singular - everlasting/forever
• *taḥaṯ*: preposition - because/in place of
• *qinnēʾ*: Piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - was zealous
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: common noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix and preposition - for his God
• *wə-yəḵappēr*: conjunction + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and made atonement
• *bənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *zarʿô*: his seed/his offspring/his descendants
• *bərîṯ kəhunnaṯ ʿôlām*: covenant of everlasting priesthood/eternal priestly covenant
• *taḥaṯ*: because/in return for/instead of
• *qinnēʾ*: was zealous/was jealous/was passionate
• *yəḵappēr*: made atonement/made propitiation/made reconciliation

Referenced Verses

• Exod 40:15 : 15 and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
• Jer 33:18 : 18 neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and to burn meal-offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
• 1 Chr 6:4-9 : 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 5 and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10 and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), 11 and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 13 and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak; 15 And Jehozadak went [into captivity], when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
• Ps 106:31 : 31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
• Ps 119:139 : 139 My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
• Isa 61:6 : 6 But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
• 1 Chr 6:50-53 : 50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
• Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
• Exod 29:9 : 9 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.
• Exod 32:30 : 30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto Jehovah; peradventure I shall make atonement for your sin.
• John 2:17 : 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
• Acts 22:3-5 : 3 I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as ye all are this day: 4 and I persecuted this Way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also that were there unto Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
• Rom 10:2-4 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. 4 For Christ is the end of the law unto righteousness to every one that believeth.
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• Heb 7:11 : 11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need [was there] that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?
• Heb 7:17-18 : 17 for it is witnessed [of him], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek. 18 For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for [God's] own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• 1 John 2:2 : 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• Rev 1:6 : 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
• Num 16:46 : 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
• Josh 7:12 : 12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed: I will not be with you any more, except ye destroy the devoted thing from among you.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 2 Sam 21:3 : 3 and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?
• 1 Kgs 2:27 : 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
• 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
• 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.