You must stay at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days. If you don’t obey the Lord’s commands, then you will die! The Lord gave me those commands.”
The Lord All-Powerful said these things.\par “Live the way I tell you,\par and do all the things I say.\par And you will be in charge of my temple.\par You will take care of its courtyard.\par You will be free to go\par anywhere in my temple\par just like these angels standing here.\par
The people of Israel should protect all the things in the Meeting Tent; it is their duty. But the Levites will serve the people of Israel by caring for these things. This will be their way of worshiping at the Holy Tent.
This was the way the Lord showed the people of Israel when to move and when to stop and set up camp. While the cloud stayed over the Holy Tent, the people continued to camp in that same place.