Numbers 10:17
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
Numbers 10:17 in other translations
| BSB | Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it. |
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| WEB | The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward. |
| ASV | And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward. |
| YLT | And the tabernacle hath been taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle. |
| DARBY | And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward bearing the tabernacle. |
| BBE | Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward. |
| Webster | And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari moved forward, bearing the tabernacle. |
What does Numbers 10:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 10:13-27
13-27. the children of Israel took their journey ... by the hand of Moses--It is probable that Moses, on the breaking up of the encampment, stationed himself on some eminence to see the ranks defile in order through the embouchure of the mountains. The marching order is described (Nu 2:1-34); but, as the vast horde is represented here in actual migration, let us notice the extraordinary care that was taken for…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 10:11-28
After the Israelites had continued nearly a year at mount Sinai, and all was settled respecting their future worship, they began their march to Canaan. True religion begins with the knowledge of the holy law of God, and humiliation for sin, but we must go on towards perfection, in acquaintance with Christ and his gospel, and those effectual encouragements, motives, and assistances to holiness, which it proposes…
Numbers 10:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 10:17
- Numbers 7:6-8
And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- 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.
- Hebrews 9:11
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
- Numbers 4:21-33
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: …
- 2 Peter 1:14
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
- Hebrews 12:28
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
- Numbers 3:25-26
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
- Numbers 3:36-37
And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
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Context
- Numbers 10:16
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 10:17
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
- Numbers 10:18
And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers 10:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y después que estaba ya desarmado el tabernáculo, movieron los hijos de Gersón y los hijos de Merari, que lo llevaban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le tabernacle fut démonté; puis les fils de Guershon et les fils de Merari partirent, portant le tabernacle. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Wohnung wurde abgenommen, und es brachen auf die Söhne Gersons und die Söhne Meraris, welche die Wohnung trugen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Depositumque est tabernaculum, quod portantes egressi sunt filii Gerson et Merari. |