Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death. toward Numbers 3:23,29,35 These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west, . . . Numbers 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony. Numbers 2:3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons; shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab. keeping Numbers 1:10 And of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Ammiud: of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. Numbers 18:1-5 And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood. . . . 1 Chronicles 6:48,49 Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord. . . . for the charge Numbers 3:7,8,10 And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony, . . . Context Moses and Aaron38Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death.39All the Levites, that I Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their f families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.… Cross References Numbers 1:51 When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain. Numbers 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony. Numbers 2:3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his army: and the prince of his sons; shall be Nahasson the son of Aminadab. Numbers 3:37 And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets, and the pins with their cords. 1 Chronicles 23:32 And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord. Lexicon Moses,מֹשֶׁ֣ה ׀ (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver Aaron, וְאַהֲרֹ֣ן (wə·’a·hă·rōn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses and [Aaron's sons] וּבָנָ֗יו (ū·ḇā·nāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son were to camp וְהַחֹנִ֣ים (wə·ha·ḥō·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp to the east קֵ֣דְמָה (qê·ḏə·māh) Adverb | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6924: The front, of place, time of the tabernacle, הַמִּשְׁכָּ֡ן (ham·miš·kān) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle toward the sunrise, מִזְרָ֜חָה (miz·rā·ḥāh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4217: Place of sunrise, the east before לִפְנֵי֩ (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face the Tent אֹֽהֶל־ (’ō·hel-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 168: A tent of Meeting. מוֹעֵ֨ד ׀ (mō·w·‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting They were to perform שֹֽׁמְרִים֙ (šō·mə·rîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the duties מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת (miš·me·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function of the sanctuary הַמִּקְדָּ֔שׁ (ham·miq·dāš) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum as a service לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת (lə·miš·me·reṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4931: A guard, watch, charge, function on behalf of the Israelites; בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son but any outsider וְהַזָּ֥ר (wə·haz·zār) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery who approached [the sanctuary] הַקָּרֵ֖ב (haq·qā·rêḇ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7126: To come near, approach was to be put to death. יוּמָֽת׃ (yū·māṯ) Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill Additional Translations Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die. And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death. And those that pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. But those that encamp before the tabernacle towards the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward shall be Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death. And those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting, at the east, are Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death. 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