Numbers 3:23
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward.
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- Numbers 1:53Rank 1 from verse 23
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.
53But the Leuites shall pitch round about the Tabernacle of Testimonie, that there be no wrath vpon the Congregation of the children of Israel: and the Leuites shall keepe the charge of the Tabernacle of Testimonie.
- Numbers 2:17Rank 2 from verse 23
17¶ 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.
17¶ Then the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall set forward with the Campe of the Leuites, in the midst of the Campe: as they encampe, so shall they set forward, euery man in his place by their standerds.
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Numbers 3:23
Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: A thick resinous substance used for coating or sealing; to coat with that substance. Sense 2: To set, fix, place, or encamp.
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Sense 1: At or toward the back or rear of a person, place, or thing; following after. Sense 2: Remaining or left after another has departed or died. Sense 3: Inferior, deficient, or falling short in relation to another.
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tabernacle
Sense 1: A tent, booth, or dwelling; especially Israel’s sacred tent of worship. Sense 2: Figuratively, the body as a dwelling.
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22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
22Those that were numbred of them, according to the number of all the males, from a moneth old and vpward, euen those that were numbred of them, were seuen thousand and fiue hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
23The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behind the Tabernacle Westward.
Selected passage24And 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.