Numbers 10:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.

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  • Num 10:17 : 17 Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.
  • Num 7:9 : 9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.
  • Num 4:4-9 : 4 And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things. 5 When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it; 6 And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place. 7 And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them; 8 And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places. 9 And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instruments and its trays and all the oil vessels which are used for it: 10 All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame. 11 On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places. 12 All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with a leather cover, and put them on the frame. 13 And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it; 14 Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places. 15 And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death. 16 And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet perfumes for burning, and the regular meal offering, and the holy oil; the House and the holy place and everything in it will be in his care.
  • Num 4:20 : 20 But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.
  • Num 1:51 : 51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.
  • Num 2:17 : 17 Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.
  • Num 3:27-32 : 27 From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place. 29 The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House. 30 Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel. 31 In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for. 32 Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.
  • 1 Chr 15:2 : 2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.
  • 1 Chr 15:12-15 : 12 And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it. 13 For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way. 14 So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 10:17-18
    2 verses
    81%

    17 Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

    18 Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

  • Num 2:17
    78%

    17 Then the Tent of meeting is to go forward, with the tents of the Levites, in the middle of the armies; in the same order as their tents are placed, they are to go forward, every man under his flag.

  • Num 10:28
    77%

    28 This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.

  • Num 10:22
    76%

    22 Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

  • Num 4:15
    76%

    15 And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

  • Num 3:27-29
    3 verses
    74%

    27 From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

    28 Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

    29 The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House.

  • Num 9:17-21
    5 verses
    73%

    17 And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the House, then the children of Israel went journeying on; and in the place where the cloud came to rest, there the children of Israel put up their tents.

    18 At the order of the Lord the children of Israel went forward, and at the order of the Lord they put up their tents: as long as the cloud was resting on the House, they did not go away from that place.

    19 When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on.

    20 Sometimes the cloud was resting on the House for two or three days; then, by the order of the Lord, they kept their tents in that place, and when the Lord gave the order they went on.

    21 And sometimes the cloud was there only from evening to morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning they went on their journey again: or if it was resting there by day and by night, whenever the cloud was taken up they went forward.

  • Num 1:50-53
    4 verses
    73%

    50 But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.

    51 And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.

    52 The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag.

    53 But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

  • Lev 10:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.

    5 So they came and took them, in their coats, outside the tent-circle, as Moses had said.

  • Num 10:13
    72%

    13 They went forward for the first time on their journey as the Lord had given orders by the hand of Moses.

  • Num 21:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Then the children of Israel went on and put up their tents in Oboth.

    11 And journeying on again from Oboth, they put up their tents in Iye-abarim, in the waste land before Moab looking east.

  • Num 2:34
    72%

    34 So the children of Israel did as the Lord said to Moses, so they put up their tents by their flags, and they went forward in the same order, by their families, and by their fathers' houses.

  • 1 Kgs 8:4
    72%

    4 They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

  • Num 4:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4 And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.

    5 When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;

  • Num 10:20
    71%

    20 At the head of the army of the children of Gad was Eliasaph, the son of Reuel.

  • Num 7:9
    71%

    9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.

  • Josh 21:20
    71%

    20 The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

  • Num 4:37
    71%

    37 This is the number of those of the Kohathites who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.

  • Num 4:21
    71%

    21 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • 2 Chr 5:5
    71%

    5 They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took up.

  • Num 10:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

    34 And by day the cloud of the Lord went over them, when they went forward from the place where they had put up their tents.

  • Exod 40:36
    71%

    36 And whenever the cloud was taken up from the House, the children of Israel went forward on their journey:

  • Josh 21:10
    71%

    10 These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

  • Judg 18:21
    71%

    21 So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.

  • Num 3:31
    71%

    31 In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.

  • Exod 39:33
    70%

    33 Then they took the House to Moses, the tent with all the things for it; its hooks, its boards, its rods, its pillars, and its bases;

  • Num 4:34
    70%

    34 So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

  • Exod 40:17
    70%

    17 So on the first day of the first month in the second year the House was put up.

  • Josh 3:14
    70%

    14 So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

  • Josh 3:3
    70%

    3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

  • Num 22:1
    70%

    1 Then the children of Israel, journeying on, put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan at Jericho.

  • Exod 13:20
    70%

    20 Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.

  • Num 4:25
    70%

    25 They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;

  • Num 4:2
    70%

    2 Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

  • Josh 21:1
    70%

    1 Then the heads of the families of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel;

  • Num 3:8
    69%

    8 And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.