Numbers 1:53 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁵³ But the Levites will camp around the sacred tent to make sure that no one goes near it and makes me furious with the Israelites.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the Israelites; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵³ But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

Common English Bible

⁵³ But the Levites will camp around the covenant dwelling so that God’s anger will not strike the Israelite community. The Levites will guard the covenant dwelling.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵³ Moreover, the Levites shall fix their tents all around the tabernacle, lest there be an indignation over the multitude of the sons of Israel. And they shall stand watch as guardians over the tabernacle of the testimony."

Numbers 1:53 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 23:32

They were once in charge of taking care of the sacred tent; now they are responsible for the temple and for helping Aaron's descendants.

2 Chronicles 13:10

But we have not turned our backs on the Lord God! Aaron's own descendants serve as our priests, and the Levites are their assistants.

2 Chronicles 13:11

Two times every day they offer sacrifices and burn incense to the Lord. They set out the sacred loaves of bread on a table that has been purified, and they light the lamps in the gold lampstand every day at sunset. We follow the commands of the Lord our God—you have rejected him!

Jeremiah 23:15

You prophets in Jerusalem have spread evil everywhere. That's why I, the Lord, promise to give you bitter poison to eat and drink.

Jeremiah 5:31

Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you—my own people— like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?

Leviticus 10:6

Then Moses told Aaron and his other two sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: Don't show your sorrow by messing up your hair and tearing your priestly clothes, or the Lord will get angry. He will kill the three of you and punish everyone else. It's all right for your relatives, the people of Israel, to mourn for those he destroyed by fire.

Numbers 1:50

Instead, give them the job of caring for the sacred tent, its furnishings, and the objects used for worship. They will camp around the tent, and whenever you move, they will take it down, carry it to the new camp, and set it up again. Anyone else who tries to go near it must be put to death.

Numbers 1:54

The people of Israel did everything the Lord had commanded.

Numbers 16:46

Then Moses told Aaron, “Grab your fire pan and fill it with hot coals from the altar. Put incense in it, then quickly take it to where the people are and offer it to the Lord, so they can be forgiven. The Lord is very angry, and people have already started dying!”

Numbers 17:7

Moses took them and placed them in the Lord's sacred tent.

Numbers 2:17

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.

Numbers 3:23

The Gershonites, under the leadership of Eliasaph son of Lael, were to camp on the west side of the sacred tent.

Numbers 3:29

The Kohathites, under the leadership of Elizaphan son of Uzziel, were to camp on the south side of the sacred tent.

Numbers 3:35

The Merarites, under the leadership of Zuriel son of Abihail, were to camp on the north side of the sacred tent.

Numbers 3:38

Moses, Aaron, and his sons were to camp in front of the sacred tent, on the east side, and to make sure that the Israelites worshiped in the proper way. Anyone else who tried to do the work of Moses and Aaron was to be put to death.

Numbers 31:30

From the half that belongs to the people, set aside one out of every 50 and give these to the Levites in charge of the sacred tent.

Numbers 8:19

and I have given them as gifts to Aaron and his sons to serve at the sacred tent. I will hold them responsible for what happens to anyone who gets too close to the sacred tent.

2 Timothy 4:2

to preach God's message. Do it willingly, even if it isn't the popular thing to do. You must correct people and point out their sins. But also cheer them up, and when you instruct them, always be patient.

1 Samuel 6:19

Some of the men of Beth-Shemesh looked inside the sacred chest, and the Lord God killed 70 of them. This made the people of Beth-Shemesh very sad,