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Text -- Numbers 1:49-54 (NET)
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1:49 “Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites .
1:50 But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony , over all its furnishings and over everything in it . They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings ; and they must attend to it and camp around it .
1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move , the Levites must take it down , and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled , the Levites must set it up . Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed .
1:52 “The Israelites will camp according to their divisions , each man in his camp , and each man by his standard .
1:53 But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony , so that the Lord’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community . The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony .”
1:54 The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses – that is what they did .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
PENTATEUCH, 2A |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 1 |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
PENTATEUCH, 2B |
Census |
Soldiers |
Levites |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
Tabernacle |
Armies |
Israel |
Tent |
Levite |
Ensign |
Strangers |
Standard |
Camon |
STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT) |
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NET Notes: Num 1:50 Heb “the tabernacle.” The pronoun (“it”) was used in the translation here for stylistic reasons.
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NET Notes: Num 1:51 The word used here is זָר (zar), normally translated “stranger” or “outsider.” It is most often used for a f...
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NET Notes: Num 1:53 The main verb of the clause is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive, וְשָׁמְרוּ...
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