The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
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The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
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The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
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The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward;
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Numbers 3:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 1:53 But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”
- Numbers 2:17 “Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The families of the Gershonites,.... The two before mentioned,…
The families of the Gershonites,.... The two before mentioned, the Libnites and Shimites:
shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward; this was their situation when encamped; they were placed in the rear of the camp of the Levites, between the tabernacle and the camp of Ephraim, which was westward also, Num 1:18.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. behind] The usual expression for ‘westward,’ because the…
23. behind] The usual expression for ‘westward,’ because the Hebrew faced eastward when thinking of the points of the compass; cf. Exo_3:1, Deu_11:30, Jdg_18:12, Isa_9:12. With the characteristic tautology of the priestly style another word for ‘westward’ is added; cf. Num_3:38, Exo_27:9. The latter denotes literally ‘towards the sea,’ shewing that the narrator was in Palestine when he wrote, the Mediterranean being the sea referred to.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) Behind the tabernacle westward.—As the position of the…
(23) Behind the tabernacle westward.—As the position of the twelve tribes in respect of the tent of meeting had been already determined, so in this and the following verses the position of the priests and Levites is fixed. On the east side of the tent Moses and Aaron and Aaron’s sons were to encamp, on the south the Kohathites, on the west the Gershonites, on the north the Merarites.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Shall pitch. These directions as to the position and…
Shall pitch. These directions as to the position and duties of the Levitical families retain the form in which they were originally given. The way in which they are mixed up with direct narrative affords a striking proof of the inartificial character of these sacred writings. Behind the tabernacle westward. The tabernacle opened or looked eastward towards the sunrise.
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