Numbers 1:50

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Summary

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Thou shalt

Shall encamp

Numbers 2:17

Numbers 3:23

Numbers 10:21

General references

Bible References

Thou shalt

These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, "Who is on the LORD's side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were recorded at the commandment of Moses, the responsibility of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.

And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

Shall encamp

"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.

The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

General references

As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.

and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.

After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent of witness in heaven was opened,