^17 (A)“Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

²¹ Then the Kohathites set out, ^(A)carrying the holy things, and ^(B)the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

¹⁷ And when ^(A)the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, ^(B)who carried the tabernacle, set out.

⁵ For ^(A)though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your ^(B)good order and ^(C)the firmness of your faith in Christ.

^40 (A)But all things should be done decently and ^(B)in order.

³⁸ Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, ^(A)guarding the sanctuary itself, to protect^[a] the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death.

^50 (A)But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it ^(B)and shall camp around the tabernacle. ^51 (C)When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. ^(D)And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. ⁵² The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and ^(E)each man by his own standard. ⁵³ But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no ^(F)wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. ^(G)And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”

Arrangement of the Camp

2 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,