Numbers 1:50-52

Contemporary English Version

^50-51Instead, 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.

⁵²The rest of the Israelites will camp in their own groups and under their own banners.

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Numbers 1:50-52

New International Version

⁵⁰Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle^(A) of the covenant law^(B)—over all its furnishings^(C) and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. ⁵¹Whenever the tabernacle^(D) is to move,^(E) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.^(F) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.^(G) ⁵²The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.^(H)

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Numbers 1:50-52

New King James Version

⁵⁰^(A)but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it ^(B)and camp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹^(C)And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it ^(D)up. ^(E)The outsider who comes near shall be put to death. ⁵²The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, ^(F)everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies;