Now those who were to campbeforethe tabernacleeastward,beforethe tentof meetingtoward the sunrise,are Mosesand Aaronand his sons,performingthe dutiesof the sanctuaryfor the obligationof the sonsof Israel;but the laymancomingnearwas to be putto death.
Thus they are to keepchargeof the tentof meeting,and chargeof the holyplace, and chargeof the sonsof Aarontheir relatives,for the serviceof the houseof the LORD.
"So when the tabernacleis to setout, the Levitesshall takeit down;and when the tabernacleencamps,the Levitesshall setit up. But the laymanwho comesnearshall be putto death.
"But the Levitesshall camparoundthe tabernacleof the testimony,so that there will be nowrathon the congregationof the sonsof Israel.So the Levitesshall keepchargeof the tabernacleof the testimony."
"Now those who campon the eastsidetoward the sunrise[shall be] of the standardof the campof Judah,by their armies,and the leaderof the sonsof Judah:Nahshonthe sonof Amminadab,
"So you shall appointAaronand his sonsthat they may keeptheir priesthood,but the laymanwho comesnearshall be putto death."
The familiesof the Gershoniteswere to campbehindthe tabernaclewestward,
The familiesof the sonsof Kohathwere to campon the southwardsideof the tabernacle,
The leaderof the fathers'householdsof the familiesof Merari[was] Zurielthe sonof Abihail.They [were] to campon the northwardsideof the tabernacle.
and the pillarsaroundthe courtwith their socketsand their pegsand their cords.
