Numbers 3:23
What does Numbers 3:23 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 3:23 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 1:53
But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the 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 the testimony.
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