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Numbers 1:52 KJV
Numbers · chapter 1 · verse 52
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.Numbers 1:52 · King James Version
Numbers 1:52 in context
50But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
51And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
52And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
53But 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.
54And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- standarddegela flagH1714 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- tentschânâhproperly, to inclineH2583 →
- campmachănehan encampmentH4264 →
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Care is here taken to distinguish from the rest of the tribes the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself, Exo 32:26. Note, Singular services shall be recompensed with singular honours. Now, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 47-54