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Numbers 3:37 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords. "
Numbers 3:37
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
35 The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
39 All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
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Numbers 3:1
"Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai."
Numbers 3:2
"These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."
Numbers 3:3
"These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office."
Numbers 3:4
"Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father."
Numbers 3:5
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Numbers 3:6
"“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him."
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