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A dwelling-place in the desert, often linked with the idea of a wandering people.

Camps and the nomadic lifestyle of early Israel

At the time of the patriarchs

Genesis 25:16 See also Genesis 26:17; Genesis 31:25; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 33:18

During Israel's wanderings in the wilderness

Numbers 1:52; Numbers 9:17-18 See also Exodus 13:20; Exodus 16:13; Exodus 19:16-17; Exodus 32:26-27

During the entry into the promised land

Joshua 4:19

The camp as a symbol of God's holy presence

All that was unclean was put outside the camp

Leviticus 13:46; Deuteronomy 23:14 See also Exodus 29:14; Leviticus 24:14; Numbers 5:2-4; Hebrews 13:11-13 a picture of Jesus Christ's rejection

The camp and God's protection

Genesis 32:2 See also Psalm 34:7

The camp as a military base

1 Samuel 17:1 See also Judges 7:8-11,13-15; 2 Kings 3:24; Jeremiah 50:29; Ezekiel 4:2

See also

5427  nomads
5578  tents
5605  warfare
7221  exodus, the
7474  Tent of Meeting