Numbers 1:48-54

48 The LORD had said to Moses:
49 “You must not count the tribe of Levi or include them in the census of the other Israelites.
50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law—over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.
51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.
52 The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.
53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.”
54 The Israelites did all this just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Cross References 11

  • 1. Exodus 25:9; S Exodus 26:1
  • 2. S Exodus 16:34; Exodus 38:21; Acts 7:44; Revelation 15:5
  • 3. Numbers 3:31
  • 4. S Exodus 26:1
  • 5. Numbers 4:5
  • 6. Numbers 3:38; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:1-33
  • 7. S Exodus 21:12
  • 8. Numbers 2:2; Numbers 10:14; Psalms 20:5; Song of Songs 2:4; Song of Songs 6:4
  • 9. Numbers 2:10; Numbers 3:23,29,38
  • 10. Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 16:46; Numbers 18:5; Deuteronomy 9:22
  • 11. S Exodus 38:21; Numbers 18:2-4
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