Numbers 3:38
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

Young's Literal Translation
And those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting, at the east, [are] Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֣ה ׀ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

Aaron,
וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן (wə·’a·hă·rōn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

and [Aaron's sons]
וּבָנָ֗יו (ū·ḇā·nāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

were to camp
וְהַחֹנִ֣ים (wə·ha·ḥō·nîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp

to the east
קֵ֣דְמָה (qê·ḏə·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

of the tabernacle,
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֡ן (ham·miš·kān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle

toward the sunrise,
מִזְרָ֜חָה (miz·rā·ḥāh)
Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4217: Place of sunrise, the east

before
לִפְנֵי֩ (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the Tent
אֹֽהֶל־ (’ō·hel-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 168: A tent

of Meeting.
מוֹעֵ֨ד ׀ (mō·w·‘êḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

They were to perform
שֹֽׁמְרִים֙ (šō·mə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the duties
מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת (miš·me·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

of the sanctuary
הַמִּקְדָּ֔שׁ (ham·miq·dāš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum

as a service
לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת (lə·miš·me·reṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function

on behalf of the Israelites;
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

but any outsider
וְהַזָּ֥ר (wə·haz·zār)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery

who approached [the sanctuary]
הַקָּרֵ֖ב (haq·qā·rêḇ)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

was to be put to death.
יוּמָֽת׃ (yū·māṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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