Numbers 10:21

What does Numbers 10:21 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 10:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: andthe others did set up the tabernacle against their coming.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: andthe others did set up the tabernacle against their coming.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And the Kohathites have journeyed, bearing the tabernacle, and the <FI>others<Fi> have raised up the tabernacle until their coming in.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they came to the place of setting it up.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the Kohathites set forward bearing the sanctuary: and [the others] set up the tabernacle whilst they came.

Context

v.20And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

v.21This passage

v.22And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:2

    Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

  • Numbers 3:27

    And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

  • Numbers 10:17

    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:12

    and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.

  • Numbers 2:17

    Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.

  • Numbers 4:20

    but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.

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