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Numbers 1

Numbers 1:52

The Exemption of the Levites · Numbers 1:47–54
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Translations

Modern
The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
Traditional
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Literal
And the sons of Israel shall encamp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, by their hosts.
Latin
Metabuntur autem castra filii Israël unusquisque per turmas et cuneos atque exercitum suum.

Original

Hebrew
English
The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

Notes

Numbers 1:50–53

The Levites had the job of setting up, taking down, moving, and guarding the tabernacle. They kept unauthorized people from coming too close or making it unclean. This protected the Israelites from the Lord's judgment.

Numbers 1:47–54

The tribe of Levi did not serve in Israel's army like the other tribes. This part of Numbers explains how the Levites organized to serve in the tabernacle of the Testimony, which was their main duty.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Deuteronomy, Book of Genealogy Glory Numbers, Book of Tribe of Levi

Topics

Levites: Exempt from Enrollment for Military Duty Levites: Functions of had Charge of the Tabernacle in the Encampments and on the March Levites: Place of, in Encampments and the March Levites: Set Apart As Ministers of Religion Standard: An Ensign Used by Each of the Tribes of Israel in Camping and Marching Tents were Pitched with Order and Regularity The Levites: Encamped Round the Tabernacle