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Numbers 1:47-54
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47 But this total did not include the Levites. 48 For the Lord had said to Moses, 49 “Do not include the tribe of Levi in the registration; do not count them with the rest of the Israelites. 50 Put the Levites in charge of the Tabernacle of the Covenant,[a] along with all its furnishings and equipment. They must carry the Tabernacle and all its furnishings as you travel, and they must take care of it and camp around it. 51 Whenever it is time for the Tabernacle to move, the Levites will take it down. And when it is time to stop, they will set it up again. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the Tabernacle must be put to death. 52 Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner. 53 But the Levites will camp around the Tabernacle of the Covenant to protect the community of Israel from the Lord’s anger. The Levites are responsible to stand guard around the Tabernacle.”

54 So the Israelites did everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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  1. 1:50 Or Tabernacle of the Testimony; also in 1:53.
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Numbers 1:47-54
Legacy Standard Bible

Levites Not Numbered in the Census

47 (A)The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe. 48 Yahweh had spoken to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi (B)you shall not number, nor shall you take their [a]census among the sons of Israel. 50 But you shall (C)appoint the Levites over the [b]tabernacle of the testimony and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall attend to it; they shall also camp around the tabernacle. 51 (D)So when the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But (E)the [c]layman who comes near shall be put to death. 52 (F)And the sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies. 53 (G)But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony so that there will be (H)no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. (I)So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.” 54 Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all which Yahweh had commanded Moses, so they did.

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  1. Numbers 1:49 Lit sum
  2. Numbers 1:50 Lit dwelling place, so in ch
  3. Numbers 1:51 Lit stranger
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