Numbers 1:52
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Numbers 1:52 in other translations
| BSB | The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard. |
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| WEB | The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions. |
| ASV | And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts. |
| YLT | And the sons of Israel have encamped, each by his camp, and each by his standard, by their hosts; |
| DARBY | And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts; |
| BBE | The children of Israel are to put up their tents, every man in his tent-circle round his flag. |
| Webster | And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. |
What does Numbers 1:52 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 1:47-54
47-54. But the Levites ... were not numbered among them--They were obliged to keep a register of their own. They were consecrated to the priestly office, which in all countries has been exempted customarily, and in Israel by the express authority of God, from military service. The custody of the things devoted to the divine service was assigned to them so exclusively, that "no stranger"--that is, no person, not even…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 1:47-54
Care is here taken to distinguish the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself. Singular services shall be recompensed by singular honours. It was to the honour of the Levites, that to them was committed the care of the tabernacle and its treasures, in their camps and in their marches. It was for the honour of the holy things that none should see them, or touch them, but those…
Numbers 1:52 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 1:52
- Numbers 2:2
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
- Numbers 2:34
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
- Numbers 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
- Numbers 10:1-36
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. …
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Context
- Numbers 1:51
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Numbers 1:52
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
- 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 1:52 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los hijos de Israel asentarán sus tiendas cada uno en su escuadrón, y cada uno junto á su bandera, por sus cuadrillas; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils d’Israël camperont chacun dans son camp, et chacun près de sa bannière, selon leurs armées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder Israel sollen sich lagern, ein jeder in seinem Lager und ein jeder bei seinem Panier, nach ihren Heeren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Metabuntur autem castra filii Israël unusquisque per turmas et cuneos atque exercitum suum. |