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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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Numbers 2

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites,.... Which reached four miles, according to the Targum of Jonathan, as did Judah's.

This site's exposition

In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting

The tent stands in the middle, and the rule of the whole chapter follows, “They are to set out in the order they encamped”. Numbers 10:17 to 10:21 sends the frame ahead of the holy objects, so that “the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival”.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

In the midst - This is not to be understood strictly, but largely; for in their march they were divided, and part of that tribe marched next after Judah, chap. x, 17, and the other part exactly in the midst of the camp.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Thus, in the vision which John saw of the glory of heaven, between the elders and the throne were four living creatures full of eyes, Rev. iv. Civil powers should protect the religious interests of a nation, and be a defence upon that glory. The camp of Dan (and so that tribe is called long after their settlement in Canaan ( Judg. xiii.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The tabernacle or sacred tent of their Divine King, with the camp of the Levites around it (see on Nu 3:38), formed the center, as does the chief's in the encampment of all nomad people. In marching, this order was adhered to, with some necessary variations. Judah led the way, followed, it is most probable, by Issachar and Zebulun [Nu 10:14-16].

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְנָסַ֧עand it will set out

    venasa'H5265 →146 times

  • אֹֽהֶל־[the] tent of

    ʾohel-H168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵ֛דmeeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • מַחֲנֵ֥ה[the] camp of

    machanehH4264 →215 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֖םthe Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • בְּת֣וֹךְ[will be] in [the] middle of

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הַֽמַּחֲנֹ֑תthe camps

    hamachanotH4264 →215 times

  • כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רjust as

    kaasherH834 →5497 times

  • יַחֲנוּ֙they will encamp

    yachanuH2583 →143 times

  • כֵּ֣ןso

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • יִסָּ֔עוּthey will set out

    yisauH5265 →146 times

  • אִ֥ישׁeach

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יָד֖וֹhand his

    yadoH3027 →1618 times

  • לְדִגְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סto standards their

    ledigleihemH1714 →14 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 10:21Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.4 worksNumbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.3 worksColossians 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.2 worksNumbers 1:50–53Instead, 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 works1 Corinthians 14:40But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.2 worksNumbers 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.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 3:23The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,2 worksNumbers 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.2 worksNumbers 2:1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron:1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 14:40

    But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 2:5

      For 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.

    • Titus 1:5

      The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

    • 1 Corinthians 14:26–33

      What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…

    • Romans 13:13

      Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

    • 1 Corinthians 11:34

      If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.

  • Through

    Colossians 2:5

    For 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.

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 5:3–4

      Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

    • 1 Thessalonians 2:17

      Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

    • 1 Corinthians 16:13

      Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

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The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 2 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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