Numbers 2:17

Then shall set forward the tent of meeting—the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps,—as they encamp, so, shall they set forward, every man at the side thereof by their standards.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

In Context

16All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben,—a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward.

18the standard of the camp of Ephraim, by their hosts westwards,—even the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud;

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Cross References

Numbers 1:50But do, thou thyself, put the Levites in charge over the habitation of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof and over all that pertaineth thereto, they, shall bear the habitation, and all the furniture thereof, and they, shall attend thereupon; and, round about the habitation, shall they encamp.

Numbers 3:38But, they who were to encamp before the habitation eastwards before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons. to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death.

Numbers 10:21Then set forward the Kohathites, bearing the sanctuary,—and so the habitation was reared by the time they came in.

Colossians 2:5For, though, indeed, in the flesh, I am absent, yet, in the spirit, with you, I am—rejoicing, and beholding your order and the solid firmness of your Christ-ward faith.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 2:4-34

3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof,… Read the whole commentary →

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