Imamat 24:3

24:3 Outside the veil-canopy ¹  of the congregation in the Meeting Tent Aaron ²  must arrange it from evening until morning before the Lord continually. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations. ³ 

Imamat 24:9

24:9 It will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy to him, a perpetual allotted portion ⁴  from the gifts of the Lord.”

[24:3]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term פָּרֹכֶת (parokhet) is usually translated “veil” or “curtain,” but it seems to have stretched not only in front of but also over the top of the ark of the covenant which stood behind and under it inside the most holy place (see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 3:687-89).

[24:3]  ² tc Several medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, and the LXX add “and his sons.”

[24:3]  ³ tn Heb “for your generations.”

[24:9]  ⁴ tn Or “a perpetual regulation”; NRSV “a perpetual due.”