Numbers 1:54

54 And the {Israelites}^[a] did thus; they did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses.

Numbers 1:54 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 1:54

And the children of Israel did according to all the Lord
commanded Moses
Pitched their tents by their own camps and standards; did not come near the tabernacle but kept at a proper distance from it, and did not meddle with things they had no concern, with, and which were peculiar to the Levites:

so they did;
which is repeated to show how readily, punctually, and perfectly they observed the command of God with respect to this affair.

Numbers 1:54 In-Context

52 The {Israelites} will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their own banner according to their divisions.

53 But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, and there will not be wrath on the community of the {Israelites}; and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony."

54 And the {Israelites} did thus; they did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"