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Numbers 10:21

Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

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ASV

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming.

KJV

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנָסְעוּ֙ve.na.se.'Uand they set outH5265 →
הַקְּהָתִ֔יםha.ke.ha.Timthe KohathitesH6956 →
נֹשְׂאֵ֖יno.se.'Ei[the] bearers ofH5375 →
הַמִּקְדָּ֑שׁha.mik.Dashthe sanctuaryH4720 →
וְהֵקִ֥ימוּve.he.Ki.muand people set upH6965 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
בֹּאָֽם׃ סbo.'Amcame theyH935 →

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Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.1 Chronicles 23:24These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:4–16This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.Numbers 7:9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.Numbers 2:17In 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.Numbers 3:27–32From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.Numbers 4:20But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”1 Chronicles 15:12–15And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.Numbers 1:51Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”Exodus 26:30So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.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.Numbers 3:8They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

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