Numbers 1:53

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of 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 testimony.

Shall pitch

2 Timothy 4:2

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Acts 20:28

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General references

Exodus 16:34

Numbers 3:23

Revelation 15:5

Bible References

Shall pitch

But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and shall camp around the tabernacle.

They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.

They shall keep guard over you and over the whole tent, but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar lest they, and you, die.

Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

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And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, "Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning that the LORD has kindled.

And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the LORD. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great blow.

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?

Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: "Behold, I will feed them with bitter food and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land."

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

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They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.

"This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

They shall keep guard over you and over the whole tent, but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar lest they, and you, die.

And from the people of Israel's half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who keep guard over the tabernacle of the LORD."

Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the LORD.

But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him. We have priests ministering to the LORD who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service.

General references

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

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

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