⁴⁷But ^kthe Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. ⁴⁸For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁹“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. ⁵⁰^lBut appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it ^mand shall camp around the tabernacle. ⁵¹ⁿWhen the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. ^oAnd if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. ⁵²The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and ^peach man by his own standard. ⁵³But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no ^qwrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. ^rAnd the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.”

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kch. 2:33; [ch. 26:57, 58, 62]; See ch. 3; ch. 4; 1 Chr. 6
lch. 3:7, 8; Ex. 38:21; See ch. 4:15–33
mSee ch. 3:23–38
nch. 10:17, 21
och. 3:10, 38; 18:22; [1 Sam. 6:19; 2 Sam. 6:6, 7; 1 Chr. 13:10]
pch. 2:2, 34
qch. 8:19; 16:46; 18:5
rch. 3:7, 8, 38; 8:26; 9:19, 23; 18:3–5; 31:30, 47; 1 Chr. 23:32; [2 Chr. 13:11]