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Numbers 1:53

But 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.

KJV

Porro Levitæ per gyrum tabernaculi figent tentoria, ne fiat indignatio super multitudinem filiorum Israël, et excubabunt in custodiis tabernaculi testimonii.

Vulgate

οἱ δὲ Λευεῖται παρεμβαλέτωσαν ἐναντίον Κυρίου κύκλῳ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἁμάρτημα ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ. καὶ φυλάξουσιν οἱ Λευεῖται αὐτοὶ τὴν φυλακὴν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου.

LXX

But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the 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 the testimony.

ASV

וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֞ם יַחֲנ֤וּ סָבִיב֙ לְ/מִשְׁכַּ֣ן הָ/עֵדֻ֔ת וְ/לֹֽא יִהְיֶ֣ה קֶ֔צֶף עַל עֲדַ֖ת בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ/שָׁמְרוּ֙ הַ/לְוִיִּ֔ם אֶת מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת מִשְׁכַּ֥ן הָ/עֵדֽוּת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
ךָ
k
noun · 55×
לְוִיִּ֔ם
lvym
noun · 286×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
mshmrt
noun · 77×
מִּשְׁכָּ֖ן
mshkn
noun · 138×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֵדָ֔ה
'dh
noun · 149×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קֶ֣צֶף
qtsp
noun · 29×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1539The chosen people was constituted by God as "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."6 But within the people of Israel, God chose one of the twelve tribes, that of Levi, and set it apart for liturgical service; God himself is its inheritance.7 A special rite consecrated the beginnings of the priesthood of the Old Covenant. the priests are "appointed to act on behalf of men in r…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 23:32 — And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LOR
  • 1Chr 23:32 — And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LOR
  • Exod 38:21 — This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron t
  • Lev 10:6 — And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren,
  • Lev 10:6 — And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren,
  • Num 3:7 — And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
  • Num 3:23 — The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
  • Num 3:29 — The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
  • Num 3:35 — And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
  • Num 3:38 — But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for th
  • Num 8:19 — And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an ato
  • Num 8:19 — And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an ato
  • Num 8:24 — This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:
  • Num 8:26 — But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.
  • Num 16:9 — Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to s
  • Num 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out
  • Num 31:30 — And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, whi
  • Num 31:47 — Even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD comma
  • Rev 15:5 — And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: