50 But you shall (A)appoint the Levites over the [a]tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the [b]tabernacle. 51 (B)So when the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But (C)the [c]layman who comes near shall be put to death. 52 (D)The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies.

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  1. Numbers 1:50 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  2. Numbers 1:50 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
  3. Numbers 1:51 Lit stranger

50 Instead, 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. 51 Whenever 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) 52 The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.(H)

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