Numbers 1:53 References

53 "aBut the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be bno wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. cSo the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."

a Numbers 3:23, Numbers 3:29, Numbers 3:35, Numbers 3:38

Numbers 3

23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,

Numbers 3

29 The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle,

Numbers 3

35 The leader of the fathers' households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to acamp on the northward side of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3

38 Now those who were to acamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but bthe layman coming near was to be put to death.

Other references for Numbers 1:53

b Leviticus 10:6, Numbers 16:46, Numbers 18:5

c Numbers 8:24, Numbers 18:2-4, 1 Chronicles 23:32