Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle. New Living Translation They were assigned the area to the west of the Tabernacle for their camp. English Standard Version The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west, Berean Standard Bible The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle, King James Bible The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. New King James Version The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward. New American Standard Bible The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward, NASB 1995 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward, NASB 1977 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward, Amplified Bible The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west, Christian Standard Bible The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side, Holman Christian Standard Bible The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side, American Standard Version The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The family of Gershun shall be camping behind the Tabernacle from the West. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle. Douay-Rheims Bible These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west, Good News Translation This clan was to camp on the west behind the Tent, International Standard Version The families of the descendants of Gershon encamped behind the tent toward the west. JPS Tanakh 1917 The families of the Gershonites were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; Literal Standard Version The families of the Gershonite encamp westward behind the Dwelling Place. New American Bible The clans of the Gershonites camped behind the tabernacle, to the west. NET Bible The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west. New Revised Standard Version The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west, New Heart English Bible The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the tabernacle westward. World English Bible The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. Young's Literal Translation The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward. Additional Translations ... Context The Gershonites…22The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500. 23The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle, 24and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.… Cross References Numbers 1:53 But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony." Numbers 3:22 The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500. Numbers 3:24 and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael. Treasury of Scripture The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. Numbers 1:53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. Numbers 2:17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
(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.Verse 23. - 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. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The Gershoniteהַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י (hag·gê·rə·šun·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1649: Gershonites -- descendant of Gershon clans מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת (miš·pə·ḥōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people were to camp יַחֲנ֖וּ (ya·ḥă·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 2583: To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp on the west, יָֽמָּה׃ (yām·māh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin behind אַחֲרֵ֧י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition Strong's 310: The hind or following part the tabernacle, הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן (ham·miš·kān) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4908: A residence, the Tabernacle Jump to Previous Camp Clans Encamp Encamped Gershonite Gershonites House Pitch Placed Tabernacle Tents West WestwardJump to Next Camp Clans Encamp Encamped Gershonite Gershonites House Pitch Placed Tabernacle Tents West WestwardLinks Numbers 3:23 NIVNumbers 3:23 NLT Numbers 3:23 ESV Numbers 3:23 NASB Numbers 3:23 KJV Numbers 3:23 BibleApps.com Numbers 3:23 Biblia Paralela Numbers 3:23 Chinese Bible Numbers 3:23 French Bible Numbers 3:23 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 3:23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp (Nu Num.) |
   
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