Numbers 1:51

“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.”

Numbers 1:51 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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