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Introduction to Numbers 4:5 This verse outlines a ritual procedure to be performed by Aharon and his sons when the Israelite camp sets out. It employs a clear sequence of wayyiqtol verbs to describe actions performed in a fixed order. This grammatical structure is typical in legal and cultic texts that demand exact obedience. This lesson focuses on coordinated wayyiqtol verbs and how they function to encode procedural sequencing in Biblical Hebrew. וּבָ֨א אַהֲרֹ֤ן וּבָנָיו֙ בִּנְסֹ֣עַ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהֹורִ֕דוּ אֵ֖ת פָּרֹ֣כֶת הַמָּסָ֑ךְ וְכִ֨סּוּ־בָ֔הּ אֵ֖ת אֲרֹ֥ן הָעֵדֻֽת׃ Analysis of Key Words and Structures וּבָ֨א (uvaʾ) – Wayyiqtol verb from בוא (“to come”), 3ms, “And he shall come.”… Learn Hebrew