Numbers - 3:23

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23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 3:23.

Differing Translations

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The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,
The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.
The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.
The families of the Gershonites shall camp behind the tabernacle westward.
These shall encamp behind the tabernacle, toward the west,
Familiae Gersonitiem post tabernaculum castrametabuntur ad occidentem.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The families of the Gershonites,.... The two before mentioned, the Libnites and Shimites:
shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward; this was their situation when encamped; they were placed in the rear of the camp of the Levites, between the tabernacle and the camp of Ephraim, which was westward also, Numbers 1:18.

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