ke.hun.nah denotes the priestly office and its entrusted service, inheritance, and recognized standing.

The term denotes the priestly office as an entrusted sphere of service: it is assigned to Aaron and his sons, guarded in matters of the altar, treated as an inheritance and covenantal grant, and used as the standing from which persons may be excluded.

1. Priestly office and entrusted standing · dominant

   In Numbers 18:7, the singular construct form is attached to Aaron and his sons as the office they must keep in every matter concerning the altar and inside the curtain; the APB renders the clause "You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood." Exodus 29:9 assigns this standing to Aaron and his sons, while Ezra 2:62 and Nehemiah 7:64 show people excluded from it when their registration cannot be found. Joshua 18:7 presents it as the LORD's inheritance for the Levites, and Numbers 25:13 joins it to a perpetual covenant for the recipient and his descendants.

   Numbers 18:7Exodus 29:9Ezra 2:62Nehemiah 7:64Joshua 18:7Numbers 25:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB usually presents the term with "priesthood," including an assigned, kept, inherited, covenantal, or excluded standing. In 1 Samuel 2:36 it instead renders the clause with "priestly offices"; These renderings describe the verses' clauses rather than supplying separate definitions.