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Numbers 10:17

GershonMerari

15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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BSB
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
KJV
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
WEB
The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.
ASV
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.
DARBY
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle.
BLB
And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.
ÅB
Så ble tabernaklet tatt ned, og Gersons barn og Meraris barn, de som bar tabernaklet, brøt opp.
OTB
Deretter ble tabernaklet demontert, og gersonittene og merarittene, som bar det, brøt opp.
B1930
Så blev tabernaklet tatt ned, og Gersons barn og Meraris barn, de som bar tabernaklet, brøt op.

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  • Numbers 7:6–8

    And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.

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  • Numbers 1:51

    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.

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  • Hebrews 9:11

    But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

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  • Numbers 4:21–33

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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  • 2 Peter 1:14

    Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

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  • Hebrews 12:28

    Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

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  • Numbers 3:25–26

    And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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  • Numbers 3:36–37

    And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

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