Numbers 1:51-53
New King James Version
51 (A)And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it (B)up. (C)The outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 52 The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, (D)everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies; 53 (E)but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no (F)wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall (G)keep[a] charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
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Numbers 1:51-53
English Standard Version
51 (A)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. (B)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 (C)each man by his own standard. 53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no (D)wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. (E)And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”
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