Bible Strands
Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the departure sequence of Israel’s tribal camps after the Sinai regulations, positioning the Kohathites between the dismantling Levitical clans and the next advancing division.
The words — נָסְעוּ (na.se.'U) means they set out, and נֹשְׂאֵי (no.se.'Ei) denotes the bearers who physically carry the sanctuary’s holy objects.
The thread — This movement follows the Gershonites and Merarites dismantling the tabernacle in Numbers 10:17 and aligns with the Kohathites’ designated duty to transport the most holy things in Numbers 4:4 and Numbers 7:9.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to observe the strict logistical sequence where the sanctuary is reassembled only after the Kohathites have passed, demanding disciplined preparation before communal worship resumes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
Cross-references
- Numbers 10:17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- Numbers 4:4 This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.
- Numbers 7:9 But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- Numbers 1:51 Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 2:17 In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.
- Numbers 3:27 From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
- Numbers 4:20 But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:2 Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:12 And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.