KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Numbers 3:23–24
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Numbers 3:23
23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
23The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward.
Numbers 3:24
24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
24And the chiefe of the house of the father of the Gershonites, shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.
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DEFINED WORDS
Numbers 3:23
Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To set, fix, place, or encamp at the named location.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Remaining; left after the departure of another, whether by removing to a distance, or by death. Out of sight; not produced, or exhibited to view; remaining.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
tabernacle
A tent or movable dwelling; especially the sacred tent of Israel.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Numbers 3:24
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study53But 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.
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Open the full verse study17¶ Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
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