Numbers 2:17

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“In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.”

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BSBPD

“In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the tent of meeting--the camp of the Levites--hath journeyed in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so they journey, each at his station by their standards.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 2:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 1:50Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.
  2. Numbers 2:1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
  3. Numbers 3:38Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.
  4. Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
  5. Numbers 10:21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
  6. 1 Corinthians 14:40But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
  7. Colossians 2:5For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

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