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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 [L sons/T children of Israel] will make their camps in separate divisions, each family near its ·flag [standard]. 53 But the Levites must make their camp around the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Testimony; Treaty; Covenant; 1:50] so that I will not be angry with the ·Israelites [community/ congregation/assembly of the sons/T children of Israel]. The Levites will take care of the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Testimony; Treaty; Covenant; 1:50].”

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51 Whenever the tabernacle(A) is to move,(B) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.(C) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.(D) 52 The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.(E) 53 The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle(F) of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall(G) on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.(H)

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