Numbers 1:53

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to protect the Israelites from wrath. The Levites are to carry out the responsibilities of the tabernacle of the covenant.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But the Levites{H3881} shall encamp{H2583} round about{H5439} the tabernacle{H4908} of the testimony,{H5715} that there be no wrath{H7110} upon the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478} and the Levites{H3881} shall keep{H8104} the charge{H4931} of the tabernacle{H4908} of the testimony.{H5715}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But the Levites{H3881} shall pitch{H2583}{(H8799)} round about{H5439} the tabernacle{H4908} of testimony{H5715}, that there be no wrath{H7110} upon the congregation{H5712} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: and the Levites{H3881} shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} the charge{H4931} of the tabernacle{H4908} of testimony{H5715}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childre of Israel and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But the Leuites shall pitch rounde aboute the Tabernacle of wytnesse, that there come no wrath vpon ye congregacion of the children of Israel: therfore shal the Leuites wayte vpon the Habitacion of wytnesse.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But the Leuites shall pitch rounde about the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, least vengeance come vpon the Congregation of the children of Israel, and the Leuites shall take the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But the Leuites shall pitche rounde about the tabernacle of wytnesse, that there be no wrath vpon the congregation of the chyldren of Israel: and the Leuites shall kepe the watche of the tabernacle of wytnesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the 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 the testimony.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the 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 the testimony.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the LORD’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 10:6 : 6 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, 'Do not uncover your heads or tear your clothes in mourning, or you will die, and the LORD’s wrath will come upon the entire community. However, your relatives—all the house of Israel—may mourn for those the LORD burned.
  • 1 Chr 23:32 : 32 In this way they fulfilled their duty to care for the Tent of Meeting, the holy place, and their brothers, the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the house of the Lord.
  • Num 3:7-8 : 7 They shall be responsible for his duties and the duties of the entire congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the service of the tabernacle. 8 They shall care for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and the duties of the people of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle.
  • Num 8:19 : 19 I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to do the work of the Israelites in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for them, so that no plague will come upon the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.
  • Num 31:30 : 30 From the Israelites' half, take one out of every fifty people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle.
  • Num 31:47 : 47 From the Israelites' half, Moses took one out of every fifty, whether man or beast, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the LORD's tabernacle, as the LORD had commanded him.
  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had inflicted them with a great blow.
  • Num 8:24-26 : 24 This applies to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward, they shall enter to perform the work of the tent of meeting. 25 But at fifty years old, they must retire from regular service and shall no longer work. 26 Instead, they may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must no longer do the work. This is how you are to assign the Levites to their responsibilities.
  • Num 18:2-5 : 2 Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony. 3 They are to guard your duties and the duties of the entire tent, but they must not come near the sacred furnishings or the altar, so they will not die—and neither will you. 4 They are to join you and take responsibility for the care of the tent of meeting, performing all its service. No unauthorized person may come near you. 5 You are to perform the duties of the sanctuary and the altar, so that no further wrath will fall on the Israelites.
  • Num 3:38 : 38 Those to camp in front of the tabernacle, on the east side before the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary for the duties of the people of Israel. Any outsider who approached was to be put to death.
  • Num 1:50 : 50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant, all its furnishings, and everything that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, serve it, and camp around it.
  • 2 Chr 13:10 : 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him. The priests who serve the LORD are the descendants of Aaron, and the Levites carry out their responsibilities.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. And My people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
  • Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.
  • Acts 20:28-31 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood. 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them. 31 Therefore, be watchful, remembering that for three years I never stopped admonishing each one of you with tears, night and day.
  • 1 Tim 4:13-16 : 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, and to teaching. 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy when the elders laid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all. 16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in them, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.
  • 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 1:47-52
    6 verses
    84%

    47 However, the Levites, by their ancestral tribe, were not included in the census among them.

    48 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

    49 Do not include the tribe of Levi or take a census of them among the Israelites.

    50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant, all its furnishings, and everything that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, serve it, and camp around it.

    51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever it is to be set up, the Levites must set it up. Any outsider who comes near it must be put to death.

    52 The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man by his own banner, near his own family’s camp.

  • Num 3:6-8
    3 verses
    80%

    6 Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may assist him.

    7 They shall be responsible for his duties and the duties of the entire congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

    8 They shall care for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and the duties of the people of Israel, to perform the service of the tabernacle.

  • Num 18:2-6
    5 verses
    80%

    2 Bring your brothers from the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, to join you and assist you while you and your sons serve before the tent of the testimony.

    3 They are to guard your duties and the duties of the entire tent, but they must not come near the sacred furnishings or the altar, so they will not die—and neither will you.

    4 They are to join you and take responsibility for the care of the tent of meeting, performing all its service. No unauthorized person may come near you.

    5 You are to perform the duties of the sanctuary and the altar, so that no further wrath will fall on the Israelites.

    6 I myself have chosen your brothers, the Levites, from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD for their service at the tent of meeting.

  • Num 18:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22 From now on, the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting, or they will bear the consequences of their sin and die.

    23 The Levites shall perform the duties of the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for their sins. This is a perpetual ordinance for your generations, but they shall not have any inheritance among the Israelites.

  • Num 2:17
    77%

    17 Then the Tent of Meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they camp, each in position under their own standard.

  • Num 8:26
    77%

    26 Instead, they may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must no longer do the work. This is how you are to assign the Levites to their responsibilities.

  • Num 3:38
    76%

    38 Those to camp in front of the tabernacle, on the east side before the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary for the duties of the people of Israel. Any outsider who approached was to be put to death.

  • Num 8:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9 Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

    10 You shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites shall lay their hands on them.

    11 Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites so that they may perform the service of the LORD.

  • Num 8:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22 Afterwards, the Levites came to perform their duties in the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

    23 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 2:33
    75%

    33 The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 1 Chr 23:32
    74%

    32 In this way they fulfilled their duty to care for the Tent of Meeting, the holy place, and their brothers, the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the house of the Lord.

  • Num 2:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

    2 The Israelites are to camp, each by their own standard, with the emblems of their ancestral families. They are to set up their tents facing the Tent of Meeting, surrounding it.

  • Num 8:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites to do the work of the Israelites in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for them, so that no plague will come upon the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.

    20 Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did with the Levites everything the LORD commanded Moses concerning them.

  • Num 8:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 You shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

    14 In this way, you are to set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.

    15 After this, the Levites may go in to serve at the tent of meeting. You shall purify them and present them as a wave offering.

  • Exod 38:21
    73%

    21 These are the accounts of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, recorded as Moses commanded, by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

  • Lev 8:35
    72%

    35 You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord's charge so that you will not die, for this is what I was commanded.

  • Deut 27:14
    72%

    14 Then the Levites shall declare to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:

  • Num 17:4
    72%

    4 So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers that had been brought by those who were burned, and they were hammered into a covering for the altar.

  • Deut 10:8
    71%

    8 At that time, the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

  • Num 3:11
    71%

    11 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 35:2
    71%

    2 Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

  • Num 3:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31 Their duty included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary used in ministering, the screen, and all the work related to these.

    32 The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, who had oversight of those keeping charge of the sanctuary.

  • Num 9:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the tent, the people of Israel would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the people of Israel would camp.

    18 At the command of the LORD, the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the LORD, they camped. As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained camped.

  • Num 3:29
    71%

    29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.

  • Num 4:46
    71%

    46 All those numbered by Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel were counted among the Levite clans by their families and by their ancestral houses.

  • 2 Chr 23:7
    71%

    7 The Levites shall surround the king on every side, each man with his weapon in hand. Anyone who tries to enter the house is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.

  • 1 Chr 23:26
    71%

    26 So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.

  • Exod 33:7
    71%

    7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp, far away from it. He called it the 'tent of meeting.' Anyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting outside the camp.

  • Num 4:18
    71%

    18 Do not let the tribe of the Kohathite clans be cut off from the Levites.

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