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

Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

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

So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, come to me." All the Levites gathered around him,

This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted by the order of Moses, being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God -- items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.

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

He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests.

Shall encamp

"Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place under his standard.

The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.

And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

General references

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

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

But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

After these things I looked, and the temple (the tent of the testimony) was opened in heaven,