KJV King James Version
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
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Numbers 3:29
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
WEB World English Bible
The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
ASV American Standard Version
The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward.
Surrounding context — Numbers 3
26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites.
28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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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.Numbers 3:23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.Numbers 2:10On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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