17And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
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And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. …
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, …
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-28)Here is, I. A general account of the removal of the camp of Israel from mount Sinai, before which mountain it had lain now about a year, in which time and place a great deal of memorable business was done. Of this removal, it should seem, God gave them notice some time before ( Deut. 1:6 ; 7 ): You have dwelt long enough in this mountain, turn you and take your journey towards the land of promise…
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