VERSE STUDY • KJV

Numbers 1:50

But 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.

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KJV King James Version

But 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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

WEB World English Bible

but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.

ASV American Standard Version

but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all that it hath; they bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels, and they serve it; and round about the tabernacle they encamp.

Surrounding context — Numbers 1

47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

48 For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

50 But 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.

51 And 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.

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.

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.

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

וְאַתָּ֡הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)הַפְקֵ֣דH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: list אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַלְוִיִּם֩H3881 · le.viy.yiLevi עַל־H5921 · alupon מִשְׁכַּ֨ןH4908 · mish.kantabernacle הָעֵדֻ֜תH5715 · e.duttestimony וְעַ֣לH5921 · alupon כָּל־H3605 · kolall כֵּלָיו֮H3627 · ke.liarticle/utensil וְעַ֣לH5921 · alupon כָּל־H3605 · kolall אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhich לוֹ֒H9033 · ohim הֵ֜מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)יִשְׂא֤וּH5375 · na.sato lift: raise אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּשְׁכָּן֙H4908 · mish.kantabernacle וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolall כֵּלָ֔יוH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensil וְהֵ֖םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)יְשָׁרְתֻ֑הוּH8334 · sha.ratto minister וְסָבִ֥יבH5439 · sa.vivaround לַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןH4908 · mish.kantabernacle יַחֲנֽוּ׃H2583 · cha.nahto camp

Cross-references

Exodus 38:21This 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 the priest.Exodus 31:18And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.Numbers 4:15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.Exodus 32:26-29Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD’S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.1 Chronicles 23:1-32So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.Numbers 3:23-38The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.Numbers 20:11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts [also].Nehemiah 13:10-13And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given [them]: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.Numbers 4:25-33And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,Nehemiah 13:22And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and [that] they should come [and] keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.Nehemiah 12:47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified [holy things] unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified [them] unto the children of Aaron.Numbers 3:1-10These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.Numbers 10:21And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came.Numbers 1:53But 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.Ezra 8:25-30And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellers, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:Psalm 122:4Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.Ezra 8:33-34Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;Nehemiah 13:5And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded [to be given] to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.

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