Numbers 1:50-52

Expanded Bible

⁵⁰ Instead put the Levites in charge of the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; ^LTestimony; ^Cthe Ten Commandments were in the Ark in the Tabernacle; Ex. 25:10] and everything that is with it [Ex. 32:26–29]. They must carry the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] and everything in it, and they must take care of it and make their camp around it. ⁵¹ Any time the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] ·is moved [sets out], the Levites must take it down, and any time it is ·set up [pitched], the Levites must do it. Anyone else who goes near the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] will be put to death. ⁵² The ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] will make their camps in separate divisions, each family near its ·flag [standard].