Numbers 3:23

These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred.

24Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:53But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard 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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