Numbers 3:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 1:53 : 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.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 3:27-31
    5 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Num 3:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24 The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.

    25 In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,

  • Num 4:37-38
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

    38 And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,

  • Num 3:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

    22 Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

  • Num 4:22-25
    4 verses
    74%

    22 Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

    23 All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

    24 This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.

    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 4:40-42
    3 verses
    73%

    40 Who were numbered by families in the order of their fathers' houses, were two thousand, six hundred and thirty.

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

    42 And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

  • Num 10:17
    72%

    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.

  • Josh 21:33
    71%

    33 All the towns of the Gershonites with their families were thirteen with their grass-lands.

  • Num 3:35
    71%

    35 The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.

  • Num 26:57
    70%

    57 These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • 1 Chr 23:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

    7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

  • Num 2:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

    18 On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.

  • Num 4:27-29
    3 verses
    69%

    27 From the mouth of Aaron and his sons the Gershonites will have word about all the things they are to do and take up; you are to give them their orders.

    28 This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

    29 The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;

  • 1 Chr 6:1
    69%

    1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 3:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

    18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.

    19 And the sons of Kohath, by their families: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel.

  • Num 1:52-53
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Exod 6:17
    68%

    17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, in the order of their families.

  • Num 2:2
    68%

    2 The children of Israel are to put up their tents in the order of their families, by the flags of their fathers' houses, facing the Tent of meeting on every side.

  • Num 10:21
    68%

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

  • Num 2:34
    67%

    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.

  • Gen 46:11
    67%

    11 And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

  • Num 3:7-8
    2 verses
    66%

    7 In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;

    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.

  • 1 Chr 6:16
    66%

    16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Josh 21:6
    66%

    6 The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

  • Num 9:17
    66%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 6:71
    66%

    71 To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its outskirts, and Ashtaroth with its outskirts;

  • 1 Chr 6:43
    66%

    43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • Num 4:44
    64%

    44 Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.

  • 1 Chr 9:23
    64%

    23 So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

  • Num 3:38
    64%

    38 And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.