Levites Exempted
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But a the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers' tribe;
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for the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying:
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b "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;
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c "but you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it d and camp around the tabernacle.
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e "And when the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it f up. g The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
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"The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, h everyone by his own camp, everyone by his own standard, according to their armies;
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i "but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no j wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall k keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony."
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Thus the children of Israel did; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they did.
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Cross References
Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 3:14 - 22
Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying:
Numbers 26:57 - 62
And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
1 Chronicles 6:1 - 47
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 21:6
But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
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Cross References
Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers 26:62
Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.
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Cross References
Exodus 38:21
This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the ta...
Numbers 3:7
And they shall attend to his needs and the need...
Numbers 3:8
Also they shall attend to all the furnishings o...
Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished cover...
Numbers 4:25 - 27
They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle...
Numbers 4:33
"This is the service of the families of the son...
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Cross References
Numbers 3:23
The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward.
Numbers 3:29
The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.
Numbers 3:35
The leader of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
Numbers 3:38
Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but the outsider who came near was to be put to death.
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Cross References
Numbers 4:5 - 15
When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
Numbers 10:17
Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.
Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.)
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Cross References
Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.)
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Cross References
Numbers 3:10
"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and t...
Numbers 3:38
Moreover those who were to camp before the tabe...
Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished cover...
Numbers 4:19
But do this in regard to them, that they may li...
Numbers 4:20
"But they shall not go in to watch while the ho...
Numbers 18:22
Hereafter the children of Israel shall not come...
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Cross References
Numbers 2:2
Everyone of the children of Israel shall camp by his own standard, beside the emblems of his father's house; they shall camp some distance from the tabernacle of meeting.
Numbers 2:34
Thus the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses; so they camped by their standards and so they broke camp, each one by his family, according to their fathers' houses.
Numbers 24:2
And Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
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Cross References
Numbers 1:50
But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, over all its furnishings, and over all things that belong to it; they shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they shall attend to it and camp around the tabernacle.
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Cross References
Leviticus 10:6
And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and wrath come upon all the people. But let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD has kindled.
Numbers 8:19
"And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the sanctuary."
Numbers 16:46
So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the LORD. The plague has begun.
Numbers 18:5
And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there may be no more wrath on the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 6:19
Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.
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Cross References
Numbers 8:24
This is what pertains to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting.
Numbers 18:2 - 4
Also bring with you your brethren of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you while you and your sons are with you before the tabernacle of witness.
1 Chronicles 23:32
And that they should attend to the needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the LORD.
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