Numbers 1:52
50 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.
51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
53 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.
54 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
- KJV
- And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
- WEB
- The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.
- ASV
- And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts.
- DARBY
- And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts;
- BLB
- And the sons of Israel shall encamp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, by their hosts.
- ÅB
- Israels barn skal leire seg, hver i sin leir og hver ved sitt banner, hær for hær.
- OTB
- Israelittene skal slå leir etter sine avdelinger, hver mann ved sin egen leir, og hver mann ved sitt eget banner.
- B1930
- Israels barn skal leire sig, hver i sin leir og hver ved sitt banner, hær for hær.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 2:2
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Read in contextNumbers 2:34
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
Read in contextNumbers 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
Read in contextNumbers 10:1–36
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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