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Numbers 3:23

21 From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.

22 The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.

The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,

24 and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

25 The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

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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.

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BSB
The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
KJV
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
WEB
The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
ASV
The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
DARBY
The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
BLB
The clans of the Gershonite behind the tabernacle were to camp westward.
ÅB
Gersonittenes slekter hadde sin leir bak tabernaklet, mot vest.
OTB
Gershonittenes familier skulle slå leir vestover, bak tabernaklet.
B1930
Gersonittenes ætter hadde sin leir bak tabernaklet, mot vest.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 1:53

    But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

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  • Numbers 2:17

    In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

    Read in context