: approach 1) to draw near, approach 1a) (Qal) to draw or come near 1a1) of humans 1a1a) of sexual intercourse 1a2) of inanimate subject 1a2a) to approach one another 1b) (Niphal) to draw near 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to approach, bring near, bring 1d) (Hophal) to be brought near 1e) (Hithpael) to draw near Also means: na.gash (נָגַשׁ ": bring" H5066H)
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H5066 — נָגַשׁ
na.gash · to approach: approach · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 18:23 · וַיִּגַּ֥שׁAnd Abraham draweth nigh and saith, ‘Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked?Genesis 19:9 · גֶּשׁ־ · וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֖וּAnd they say, ‘Come nigh hither;’ they say also, ‘This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than to them;’ and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.Genesis 27:21 · גְּשָׁה־And Isaac saith unto Jacob, ‘Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou art he, my son Esau, or not.’Genesis 27:22 · וַיִּגַּ֧שׁAnd Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, ‘The voice is the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.’Genesis 27:25 · הַגִּ֤שָׁה · וַיַּגֶּשׁ־And he saith, ‘Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son’s provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;’ and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.Genesis 27:26 · גְּשָׁה־And Isaac his father saith to him, ‘Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;’Genesis 27:27 · וַיִּגַּשׁ֙and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, ‘See, the fragrance of my son is as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed;Genesis 29:10 · וַיִּגַּ֣שׁand it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the flock of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.Genesis 33:3 · גִּשְׁתּ֖וֹAnd he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,Genesis 33:6 · וַתִּגַּ֧שְׁןָAnd the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;Genesis 33:7 · וַתִּגַּ֧שׁ · נִגַּ֥שׁand Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.Genesis 43:19 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙And they come nigh unto the man who is over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house,Genesis 44:18 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁAnd Judah cometh nigh unto him, and saith, ‘O, my lord, let thy servant speak, I pray thee, a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant—for thou art as Pharaoh.Genesis 45:4 · גְּשׁוּ־ · וַיִּגָּ֑שׁוּAnd Joseph saith unto his brethren, ‘Come nigh unto me, I pray you,’ and they come nigh; and he saith, ‘I am Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;Genesis 48:10 · וַיַּגֵּ֤שׁAnd the eyes of Israel have been heavy from age, he is unable to see; and he bringeth them nigh unto him, and he kisseth them, and cleaveth to them;Genesis 48:13 · וַיַּגֵּ֖שׁand Joseph taketh them both, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel’s left, and Manasseh in his left towards Israel’s right, and bringeth them nigh to him.Exodus 19:15 · תִּגְּשׁ֖וּand he saith unto the people, ‘Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.’Exodus 19:22 · הַנִּגָּשִׁ֥יםand also the priests who are coming nigh unto Jehovah do sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.’Exodus 20:21 · נִגַּ֣שׁAnd the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God is.Exodus 21:6 · וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ · וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him—to the age.Exodus 24:2 · וְנִגַּ֨שׁ · יִגָּ֑שׁוּand Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.Exodus 24:14 · יִגַּ֥שׁand unto the elders he hath said, ‘Abide ye for us in this place, until that we turn back unto you, and lo, Aaron and Hur are with you—he who hath matters doth come nigh unto them.’Exodus 28:43 · בְגִשְׁתָּ֤םand they have been on Aaron and on his sons, in their going in unto the tent of meeting, or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister in the sanctuary, and they do not bear iniquity nor have they died; a statute age-during to him, and to his seed after him.Exodus 30:20 · בְגִשְׁתָּ֤םin their going in unto the tent of meeting they wash with water, and die not; or in their drawing nigh unto the altar to minister, to perfume a fire-offering to Jehovah,Exodus 32:6 · וַיַּגִּ֖שׁוּand they rise early on the morrow, and cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and bring nigh peace-offerings; and the people sit down to eat and to drink, and rise up to play.Exodus 34:30 · מִגֶּ֥שֶׁתand Aaron seeth—all the sons of Israel also—Moses, and lo, the skin of his face hath shone, and they are afraid of coming nigh unto him.Exodus 34:32 · נִגְּשׁ֖וּand afterwards have all the sons of Israel come nigh, and he chargeth them with all that Jehovah hath spoken with him in mount Sinai.Leviticus 2:8 · וְהִגִּישָׁ֖הּand thou hast brought in the present which is made of these to Jehovah, and one hath brought it near unto the priest, and he hath brought it nigh unto the altar,Leviticus 8:14 · וַיַּגֵּ֕שׁAnd he bringeth nigh the bullock of the sin-offering, and Aaron layeth—his sons also—their hands on the head of the bullock of the sin-offering,Leviticus 21:21 · יִגַּ֔שׁ · יִגַּ֖שׁNo man in whom is blemish (of the seed of Aaron the priest) doth come nigh to bring near the fire-offerings of Jehovah; blemish is in him; the bread of his God he doth not come nigh to bring near.Leviticus 21:23 · יִגַּ֖שׁonly, unto the vail he doth not enter, and unto the altar he doth not draw nigh; for blemish is in him; and he doth not pollute My sanctuaries; for I am Jehovah, sanctifying them.’Numbers 4:19 · בְּגִשְׁתָּ֖םbut this do to them, and they have lived, and do not die in their drawing nigh the holy of holies:—Aaron and his sons go in, and have set them, each man to his service, and unto his burden,Numbers 8:19 · בְּגֶ֥שֶׁת‘And I give the Levites gifts to Aaron and to his sons, from the midst of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, and there is no plague among the sons of Israel in the sons of Israel’s drawing nigh unto the sanctuary.’Numbers 32:16 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֤וּAnd they come nigh unto him, and say, ‘Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants;Deuteronomy 20:2 · וְנִגַּ֥שׁand it hath been, in your drawing near unto the battle, that the priest hath come nigh, and spoken unto the people,Deuteronomy 21:5 · וְנִגְּשׁ֣וּ‘And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh—for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke—Deuteronomy 25:1 · וְנִגְּשׁ֥וּ‘When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,Deuteronomy 25:9 · וְנִגְּשָׁ֨ה‘Then hath his brother’s wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;Joshua 3:9 · גֹּ֣שׁוּAnd Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, ‘Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;Joshua 8:11 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֔וּand all the people of war who are with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley is between him and Ai.Joshua 14:6 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּAnd the sons of Judah come nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite saith unto him, ‘Thou hast known the word that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses the man of God, concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-Barnea:Joshua 21:1 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁ֗וּAnd the heads of the fathers of the Levites draw nigh unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel,Judges 6:19 · וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ סAnd Gideon hath gone in, and prepareth a kid of the goats, and of an ephah of flour unleavened things; the flesh he hath put in a basket, and the broth he hath put in a pot, and he bringeth out unto Him, unto the place of the oak, and bringeth it nigh.Judges 9:52 · וַיִּגַּ֛שׁAnd Abimelech cometh unto the tower, and fighteth against it, and draweth nigh unto the opening of the tower to burn it with fire,Judges 20:23 · לָגֶ֙שֶׁת֙And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, ‘Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?’ And Jehovah saith, ‘Go up against him.’Ruth 2:14 · גֹּ֤שִֽׁיAnd Boaz saith to her, ‘At meal-time come nigh hither, and thou hast eaten of the bread, and dipped thy morsel in the vinegar.’ And she sitteth at the side of the reapers, and he reacheth to her roasted corn, and she eateth, and is satisfied, and leaveth.1 Samuel 7:10 · נִגְּשׁ֔וּand Samuel is causing the burnt-offering to go up—and the Philistines have drawn nigh to battle against Israel—and Jehovah doth thunder with a great noise, on that day, upon the Philistines, and troubleth them, and they are smitten before Israel.1 Samuel 9:18 · וַיִּגַּ֥שׁAnd Saul draweth nigh to Samuel in the midst of the gate, and saith, ‘Declare, I pray thee, to me, where is this—the seer’s house?’1 Samuel 13:9 · הַגִּ֣שׁוּAnd Saul saith, ‘Bring nigh unto me the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings;’ and he causeth the burnt-offering to ascend.1 Samuel 14:18 · הַגִּ֖ישָׁהAnd Saul saith to Ahiah, ‘Bring nigh the ark of God;’ for the ark of God hath been on that day with the sons of Israel.1 Samuel 14:34 · הַגִּ֣ישׁוּ · וַיַּגִּ֨שׁוּAnd Saul saith, ‘Be ye scattered among the people, and ye have said to them, Bring ye nigh unto me each his ox, and each his sheep; and ye have slain them in this place, and eaten, and ye do not sin against Jehovah to eat with the blood.’ And all the people bring nigh each his ox, in his hand, that night, and slaughter them there.1 Samuel 14:38 · גֹּ֣שֽׁוּAnd Saul saith, ‘Draw ye nigh hither all, the chiefs of the people, and know and see in what this sin hath been to-day;1 Samuel 15:32 · הַגִּ֤ישׁוּand Samuel saith, ‘Bring ye nigh unto me Agag king of Amalek,’ and Agag cometh unto him daintily, and Agag saith, ‘Surely the bitterness of death hath turned aside.’1 Samuel 17:16 · וַיִּגַּ֥שׁAnd the Philistine draweth nigh, morning and evening, and stationeth himself forty days.1 Samuel 17:40 · וַיִּגַּ֖שׁAnd he taketh his staff in his hand, and chooseth for him five smooth stones from the brook, and putteth them in the shepherds’ habiliments that he hath, even in the scrip, and his sling is in his hand, and he draweth nigh unto the Philistine.1 Samuel 23:9 · הַגִּ֖ישָׁהAnd David knoweth that against him Saul is devising the evil, and saith unto Abiathar the priest, ‘Bring nigh the ephod.’1 Samuel 28:25 · וַתַּגֵּ֧שׁand bringeth nigh before Saul, and before his servants, and they eat, and rise, and go on, during that night.1 Samuel 30:7 · הַגִּֽישָׁה־ · וַיַּגֵּ֧שׁAnd David saith unto Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, ‘Bring nigh, I pray thee, to me the ephod;’ and Abiathar bringeth nigh the ephod unto David,1 Samuel 30:21 · וַיִּגַּ֤שׁAnd David cometh in unto the two hundred men who were too faint to go after David, and whom they cause to abide at the brook of Besor, and they go out to meet David, and to meet the people who are with him, and David approacheth the people, and asketh of them of welfare.2 Samuel 1:15 · גַּ֣שׁAnd David calleth to one of the youths, and saith, ‘Draw nigh—fall upon him;’ and he smiteth him, and he dieth;2 Samuel 3:34 · הֻגָּ֔שׁוּThy hands not bound, And thy feet to fetters not brought nigh! As one falling before sons of evil—Thou hast fallen!’ and all the people add to weep over him.2 Samuel 10:13 · וַיִּגַּ֣שׁAnd Joab draweth nigh, and the people who are with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence;2 Samuel 11:20 · נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥םthen, it hath been, if the king’s fury ascend, and he hath said to thee, Wherefore did ye draw nigh unto the city to fight? did ye not know that they shoot from off the wall?2 Samuel 11:21 · נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖םWho smote Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast on him a piece of a rider from the wall, and he dieth in Thebez? why drew ye nigh unto the wall? that thou hast said, Also thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’2 Samuel 13:11 · וַתַּגֵּ֥שׁand she bringeth nigh unto him to eat, and he layeth hold on her, and saith to her, ‘Come, lie with me, my sister.’2 Samuel 17:29 · הִגִּ֧ישׁוּand honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, have brought nigh for David, and for the people who are with him to eat, for they said, ‘Thy people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.’1 Kings 4:21 · מַגִּשִׁ֥יםAnd Solomon hath been ruling over all the kingdoms, from the River to the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt: they are bringing nigh a present, and serving Solomon, all days of his life.1 Kings 18:21 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁand Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, ‘Till when are ye leaping on the two branches?—if Jehovah is God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;’ and the people have not answered him a word.1 Kings 18:30 · גְּשׁ֣וּ · וַיִּגְּשׁ֥וּAnd Elijah saith to all the people, ‘Come nigh unto me;’ and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;1 Kings 18:36 · וַיִּגַּ֞שׁAnd it cometh to pass, at the going up of the evening -present, that Elijah the prophet cometh nigh and saith, ‘Jehovah, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to-day let it be known that Thou art God in Israel, and I Thy servant, that by Thy word I have done the whole of these things;1 Kings 20:13 · נִגַּשׁ֮And lo, a certain prophet hath come nigh unto Ahab king of Israel, and saith, ‘Thus said Jehovah, ‘Hast thou seen all this great multitude? lo, I am giving it into thy hand to-day, and thou hast known that I am Jehovah.’1 Kings 20:22 · וַיִּגַּ֤שׁAnd the prophet cometh nigh unto the king of Israel, and saith to him, ‘Go, strengthen thyself, and know and see that which thou dost, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram is coming up against thee.’1 Kings 20:28 · וַיִּגַּ֞שׁAnd there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, ‘Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills is Jehovah, and He is not God of valleys—I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.’1 Kings 22:24 · וַיִּגַּשׁ֙And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, ‘Where is this—he hath passed over—the Spirit of Jehovah—from me to speak with thee?’2 Kings 2:5 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּAnd sons of the prophets who are in Jericho come nigh unto Elisha, and say unto him, ‘Hast thou known that to-day Jehovah is taking thy lord from thy head?’ and he saith, ‘I also have known—keep silent.’2 Kings 4:5 · מַגִּשִׁ֥יםAnd she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out,2 Kings 4:6 · הַגִּ֨ישָׁהand it cometh to pass, at the filling of the vessels, that she saith unto her son, ‘Bring nigh unto me a vessel more,’ and he saith unto her, ‘There is not a vessel more;’ and the oil stayeth.2 Kings 4:27 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁAnd she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, ‘Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden it from me, and hath not declared it to me.’2 Kings 5:13 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֣וּAnd his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, ‘My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee—dost thou not do it? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.’1 Chronicles 19:14 · וַיִּגַּ֨שׁAnd Joab draweth nigh, and the people who are with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face;2 Chronicles 18:23 · וַיִּגַּשׁ֙And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah cometh nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, ‘Where is this—the way the Spirit of Jehovah passed over from me to speak with thee?’2 Chronicles 29:23 · וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;2 Chronicles 29:31 · גֹּ֧שׁוּAnd Hezekiah answereth and saith, ‘Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;’ and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one—burnt-offerings.Ezra 4:2 · וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּand they draw nigh unto Zerubbabel, and unto heads of the fathers, and say to them, ‘Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up hither.’Ezra 9:1 · נִגְּשׁ֨וּAnd at the completion of these things, drawn nigh unto me have the heads, saying, ‘The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not been separated from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, even the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, the Egyptian, and the Amorite,Job 40:19 · יַגֵּ֥שׁHe is a beginning of the ways of God, His Maker bringeth nigh his sword;Job 41:16 · יִגַּ֑שׁוּOne unto another they draw nigh, And air doth not enter between them.Psalm 91:7 · יִגָּֽשׁ׃There fall at thy side a thousand, And a myriad at thy right hand, Unto thee it cometh not nigh.Isaiah 29:13 · נִגַּשׁ֙And the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is—A precept of men is taught!Isaiah 41:1 · יִגְּשׁוּ֙Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on to power, They come nigh, then they speak, ‘Together—to judgment we draw near.’Isaiah 41:21 · הַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.Isaiah 41:22 · יַגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things—what they are declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.Isaiah 45:20 · הִֽתְנַגְּשׁ֥וּBe gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god that saveth not.Isaiah 45:21 · וְהַגִּ֔ישׁוּDeclare ye, and bring near, Yea, they take counsel together, Who hath proclaimed this from of old? From that time hath declared it? Is it not I—Jehovah? And there is no other god besides Me, A God righteous and saving, there is none save Me.Isaiah 49:20 · גְּשָׁה־Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: ‘The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me—and I dwell.’Isaiah 50:8 · יִגַּ֥שׁNear is He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who is mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.Isaiah 65:5 · תִּגַּשׁ־Who are saying, ‘Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.’ These are a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day.Jeremiah 30:21 · וְנִגַּ֣שׁ · לָגֶ֥שֶׁתAnd his honourable one hath been of himself, And his ruler from his midst goeth forth, And I have caused him to draw near, And he hath drawn nigh unto Me, For who is he who hath pledged his heart To draw nigh unto Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 42:1 · וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ֙And they come nigh—all the heads of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah, and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest—Jeremiah 46:3 · וּגְשׁ֖וּ‘Set ye in array shield and buckler, And draw nigh to battle.Amos 5:25 · הִֽגַּשְׁתֶּם־Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?Amos 6:3 · וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּןWho are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,Amos 9:10 · תַגִּ֧ישׁBy sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, ‘Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.’Amos 9:13 · וְנִגַּ֤שׁLo, days are coming—an affirmation of Jehovah, And come nigh hath the ploughman to the reaper, And the treader of grapes to the scatterer of seed, And the mountains have dropped juice, And all the hills do melt.Malachi 1:7 · מַגִּישִׁ֤יםYe are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: ‘In what have we polluted Thee?’ In your saying: ‘The table of Jehovah—it is despicable,’Malachi 1:8 · תַגִּשׁ֨וּן · תַגִּ֛ישׁוּAnd when ye bring nigh the blind for sacrifice, ‘There is no evil,’ And when ye bring nigh the lame and sick, ‘There is no evil;’ Bring it near, I pray thee, to thy governor—Doth he accept thee? or doth he lift up thy face? Said Jehovah of Hosts.Malachi 1:11 · מֻגָּ֛שׁFor, from the rising of the sun to its going in, Great is My name among nations, And in every place perfume is brought nigh to My name, and a pure present, For great is My name among nations, Said Jehovah of Hosts.Malachi 2:12 · וּמַגִּ֣ישׁCut off doth Jehovah the man who doth it, Tempter and tempted—from the tents of Jacob, Even he who is bringing nigh a present to Jehovah of Hosts.Malachi 3:3 · מַגִּישֵׁ֥יAnd he hath sat, a refiner and purifier of silver, And he hath purified the sons of Levi, And hath refined them as gold and as silver, And they have been to Jehovah bringing nigh a present in righteousness.