Numbers 3:23

These shall encamp behind the tabernacle, toward the west,

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In The King James Version

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

In Context

22The people of these were numbered, of the male sex, from one month and above: seven thousand five hundred.

24under the leader Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:53Moreover, the Levites shall fix their tents all around the tabernacle, lest there be an indignation over the multitude of the sons of Israel. And they shall stand watch as guardians over the tabernacle of the testimony.”

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →

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