Numbers 10:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ Then came the people from the Kohath family. They carried the holy things {from inside the Holy Place}. These people came at this time so that the other people could set up the Holy Tent [154] and make it ready {at the new camp} before these people arrived.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Then the Kohathites set forward, bearing the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before they arrived.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming.

Common English Bible

²¹ The Kohathites, who carried the holy things, marched. The dwelling would be set up before their arrival.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Then the Kohathites also set out, carrying the Sanctuary. The tabernacle was carried, all the while, until they arrived at the place for setting it up.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the place of setting it up.

Numbers 10:21 Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said, “Only the Levites {\cf2\super [152]} are permitted to carry the Box of the Agreement. The Lord chose them to carry the Box of the Agreement and to serve him forever.”

1 Chronicles 23:24

These were Levi’s descendants. {\cf2\super [249]} They were listed by their families. They were the leaders of families. Each person’s name was listed. The people that were listed were 20 years old or older. They served in the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [250]}

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the Holy Tent is moved, the men of Levi must do it. Whenever the Holy Tent is set up, the men of Levi must do it. They are the men who will take care of the Holy Tent. If any person who is not from Levi’s family group tries to take care of the tent, he must be killed.

Numbers 10:17

Then the Holy Tent [151] was taken down. And the men from the Gershon and the Merari families carried the Holy Tent. So the people from these families were next in line.

Numbers 10:20

And then came Gad’s family group. Eliasaph son of Deuel [153] was the commander of that group.

Numbers 2:17

“When the people travel, Levi’s camp will move next. The Meeting Tent [18] will be with them between the other camps. The people will make their camps in the same order that they move. Each person will be with his family flag.

Numbers 4:20

If you do not do this, then the Kohathite men might go in and look at the holy things. If they look at those things, even for a moment, then they must die.”

Numbers 7:9

Moses did not give any cows or wagons to the men in Kohath’s group. Why? Because their job was to carry the holy things on their shoulders.