When the dwellingהַמִּשְׁכָּןsets out,וּבִנְסֹעַthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםshall take it down,יוֹרִידוּ אֹתוֹand when the dwellingוּ הַמִּשְׁכָּןcamps,בַחֲנֹתthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּםshall set it up.יָקִימוּ אֹתוֹAnd the strangerוְהַזָּרwho comes nearהַקָּרֵבshall be put to death.יוּמָת
Numbers 1:51
Study it in the app“When the dwelling sets out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the dwelling camps, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 1:51, word by word
- When the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan
dwelling
The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.
Where else “mishkan” appears- sets outנְסֹעַnesoa
set out
To break camp and set out for another place.
Where else “nesoa” appears- the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- shall take it downיוֹרִידוּyoridu
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yoridu” appears- campsחֲנֹתchanot
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chanot” appears- shall set it upיָקִימוּyakimu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakimu” appears- And the strangerזָּרzar
stranger
An outsider, not part of the group.
Where else “zar” appears- who comes nearקָּרֵבkarev
come near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “karev” appears- shall be put to deathיוּמָתyumat
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumat” appears
Translation note
“Stranger” here is anyone who is not a Levite.
The context
50But you appoint the Levites over the dwelling of the testimony, and over all its utensils, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the dwelling and all its utensils, and they shall minister to it, and around the dwelling they shall camp.
51 · This verse (above)
52The sons of Israel shall camp, each man in his camp and each man by his banner, by their armies.