Numbers 10:17

Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

In Context

16And at the head of the army of the children of Zebulun was Eliab, the son of Helon.

18Then the flag of the children of Reuben went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:25In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,

Numbers 4:21And the Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 7:6So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

Hebrews 12:28If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

Matthew Henry on Numbers 10:12-29

The Removal of the Camp. ( b. c. 1490.) 11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 14 In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to… Read the whole commentary →

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