Cross References

Numbers 10:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Next were the Kohathites, carrying the objects for the sacred tent, which was to be set up before they arrived at the new camp.

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He said, “Only Levites will be allowed to carry the chest, because the LORD has chosen them to do that work and to serve him for ever.”

These were the clans and families of the tribe of Levi. Those who were twenty years and older were assigned to work at the LORD's temple.

The sacred tent had been taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites carried it, marching behind the Judah camp.

and Eliasaph son of Deuel was the leader of the Gad tribe.

Marching behind Reuben will be the Levites, arranged in groups, just as they are camped. They will carry the sacred tent and their own banners.

But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were in charge of the sacred objects that had to be carried on their shoulders.