Numbers 1:47-54
American Standard Version
47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 49 Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel; 50 but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts. 53 But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. 54 Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did they.
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Numbers 1:47-54
Lexham English Bible
47 The Levites from their ancestors’[a] tribe were not mustered[b] in their midst.
48 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “You will not muster[c] the tribe of Levi, and you will not take a census of[d] them in the midst of the Israelites.[e] 50 You will appoint[f] them over the tabernacle of the testimony,[g] over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will take it down,[h] and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger[i] that approaches it will be put to death. 52 The Israelites[j] will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their[k] own banner according to their divisions. 53 But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,[l] and there will not be wrath on the community of the Israelites;[m] and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony.”[n] 54 And the Israelites[o] did thus; they did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses.
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- Numbers 1:47 Or “fathers’”
- Numbers 1:47 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
- Numbers 1:49 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
- Numbers 1:49 Literally “Lift up the head of”
- Numbers 1:49 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 1:50 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
- Numbers 1:50 Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
- Numbers 1:51 Literally “lower it”
- Numbers 1:51 Or “outsider”
- Numbers 1:52 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 1:52 Hebrew “his” or “its”
- Numbers 1:53 Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
- Numbers 1:53 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 1:53 Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
- Numbers 1:54 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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