Numbers 2:17

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The Tribe in the Center“Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place under his standard.

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  • Num 10:21 : 21 And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.
  • Num 10:17 : 17 Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.
  • 1 Cor 14:40 : 40 And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.
  • Col 2:5 : 5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
  • Num 1:50-53 : 50 But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it. 51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled, the Levites must set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed. 52 “The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard. 53 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.”
  • Num 2:1 : 1 The Arrangement of the Tribes The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron:
  • Num 3:38 : 38 But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.

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  • Num 1:50-53
    4 verses
    85%

    50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it.

    51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled, the Levites must set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed.

    52“The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard.

    53But 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.”

  • Num 2:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1The Arrangement of the Tribes The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron:

    2“Every one of the Israelites must camp under his standard with the emblems of his family; they must camp at some distance around the tent of meeting.

    3The Tribes on the East“Now those who will be camping on the east, toward the sunrise, are the divisions of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.

  • Num 2:31-34
    4 verses
    82%

    31All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards.”

    32Summary These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those numbered in the camps, by their divisions, are 603,550.

    33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

    34So the Israelites did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; that is the way they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family.

  • Num 10:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

    22And the standard of the camp of the Ephraimites set out according to their companies; over his company was Elishama son of Ammihud.

  • Num 9:17-20
    4 verses
    78%

    17Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the Israelites would begin their journey; and in whatever place the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp.

    18At the commandment of the LORD the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the LORD they would make camp; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp.

    19When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the LORD and did not journey.

    20When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the LORD’s commandment, and according to the LORD’s commandment they would journey.

  • Num 2:16
    77%

    16All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

  • Num 2:18
    77%

    18The Tribes on the West“On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.

  • Num 10:17-18
    2 verses
    77%

    17Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.

    18Journey Arrangements for the Tribes The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur.

  • Num 10:28
    75%

    28These were the traveling arrangements of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled.

  • Josh 3:3
    74%

    3and commanded the people:“When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here and walk behind it.

  • Num 10:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are located on the east side must begin to travel.

    6And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. An alarm must be sounded for their journeys.

  • Num 2:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, are 108,100. They will travel third.

    25The Tribes on the North“On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

  • Num 2:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front.

    10The Tribes on the South“On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

    11Those numbered in his division are 46,500.

  • Num 3:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

    8And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.

  • Exod 40:36
    72%

    36But when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys;

  • Num 3:29
    72%

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

  • Num 8:9
    72%

    9You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.

  • Num 8:22
    72%

    22After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

  • Num 4:5
    72%

    5When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

  • Exod 33:7
    72%

    7The Presence of the Lord Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone seeking the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.

  • Num 8:15
    72%

    15“After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.

  • Num 1:19
    71%

    19just as the LORD had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the desert of Sinai.

  • Num 22:1
    71%

    1Balaam Refuses to Curse Israel The Israelites traveled on and camped in the rift valley plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.

  • Num 9:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Whether it was for two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud prolonged its stay over the tabernacle, the Israelites remained camped without traveling; but when it was taken up, they traveled on.

    23At the commandment of the LORD they camped, and at the commandment of the LORD they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the LORD according to the commandment of the LORD, by the authority of Moses.

  • Josh 7:14
    71%

    14In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the LORD selects must approach by clans. The clan the LORD selects must approach by families. The family the LORD selects must approach man by man.

  • Exod 40:17
    71%

    17So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, in the second year.

  • Deut 23:12
    70%

    12You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine.

  • Num 1:2
    70%

    2“Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male.

  • Num 7:5
    70%

    5“Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires.”

  • Num 4:37
    70%

    37These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses.

  • Num 17:4
    70%

    4You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you.