Numbers 1:47-54
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47 The Levites, however, were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them.(A)
48 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not enroll, and you shall not take a census of them with the other Israelites. 50 Rather, you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the covenant and over all its equipment and over all that belongs to it; they are to carry the tabernacle and all its equipment, and they shall tend it and shall camp around the tabernacle.(B) 51 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. And any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.(C) 52 The other Israelites shall camp in their respective regimental camps, by companies,(D) 53 but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the covenant, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the Israelites, and the Levites shall perform the duties of the tabernacle of the covenant.”(E) 54 The Israelites did so; they did just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Numbers 1:47-54
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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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