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Lexicon :: Strong's H168 - 'ōhel

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אֹהֶל
Transliteration
'ōhel
Pronunciation
o'-hel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 32a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x

The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 345x
The KJV translates Strong's H168 in the following manner: tabernacle(s) (198x), tent(s) (141x), dwelling (2x), place(s) (2x), covering (1x), home (1x).

  1. tent

    1. nomad's tent, and thus symbolic of wilderness life, transience

    2. dwelling, home, habitation

    3. the sacred tent of Jehovah (the tabernacle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹהֶל ʼôhel, o'-hel; from H166; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
STRONGS H168: Abbreviations
אֹ֫הֶל 343 noun masculineGenesis 13:3 tent (compare Assyrian âlu, above, Arabic اٌَهْل, fellow-dwellers, family, Sabean אהל DHMZMG 1883, 341 and others, also in proper names Sabean & Phoenician see H171 אהליאב) — absolute א׳ Genesis 4:20 +; construct id. Exodus 28:43 +; אֹ֫הֱלָה (ה locative) Genesis 18:6 +; suffix אָהֳלִי Job 29:4 +; אָֽהָלִךָ Psalm 61:5; אָֽהֳלֹה Genesis 9:21 + 3 times (see DrSm xxxv); plural אֹהָלִים Genesis 13:5 + (Ges§ 23. 3); בָֽאֳהָלִים Judges 8:11 +; construct אָהֳלֵי Numbers 16:26 +; suffix אֹהָלַי Jeremiah 4:20; אֹהָלֶיךָ Numbers 24:5 +; אָהֳלֵיכֶם Joshua 22:8 +, etc. —
1. tent of nomad Songs 1:5; Jeremiah 6:3; Jeremiah 49:29; ישֵׁב א׳ dweller in tents Genesis 4:20; Genesis 25:27 (J); אָהֳלֵי מִקְנֶה tents of cattle 2 Chronicles 14:14; of soldier 1 Samuel 17:54 compare Dr, Jeremiah 37:10; 1 Kings 8:66 לְאֹהָלֶיךָ, ישׂראל, exclamation, to thy tents, Israel ! 1 Kings 12:16 (twice in verse) compare 2 Chronicles 10:16; 2 Samuel 20:1 (but compare Dr, 1 Samuel 17:54); of pleasure-tent on house-top 2 Samuel 16:22 (= bridal-tent, bridal pavilion, compare חֻפָּה Psalm 19:5; Joel 2:16 see RSKinship 168).
2. dwelling, habitation; Psalm 91:10 לְאֹהָלֶ֑ךָ home (literally to thy tents, plural) Judges 19:9 (after הלך); א׳ בֵּיתִי habitation of my house Psalm 132:3 compare Daniel 11:45; דוד א׳ habitation or palace of David where throne erected Isaiah 16:5; בַת צִיּוֺן א׳ house of daughter of Zion (= Jerusalem) Lamentations 2:4; אָהֲלֵי יַעֲקֹב Jeremiah 30:18; Malachi 2:12 (|| מִשְׁכָּן); יְהוּדָה א׳ Zechariah 12:7 (|| בית דוד); רְשָׁעִים א׳ h. of wicked Job 8:22, compare רֶשַׁע א׳ Psalm 84:11, יְשָׁרִים א׳ Proverbs 14:11; שֹׁחַד א׳ Job 15:34; צַדִּיקִים א׳ Psalm 118:15; אֱדוֺם א׳ = Edom itself, Psalm 83:7 compare קְדָר א׳ Psalm 120:5 כוּשָׁן א׳ Habakkuk 3:7.
3. the sacred tent used in worship of God; הָאֹהֶל the tent; מוֺעֵד א׳ tent of meeting of God with his people (tent of congregation or assembly Ges MV and others) According to E Moses so called the tent which he used to pitch without the camp, afar off, into which he used to enter, & where God spake with him face to face, Exodus 33:7-11 Numbers 12:5, 10; Deuteronomy 31:14, 15; J seems to have same conception of an מ׳ א׳ outside the camp, Numbers 11:24, 26; D has no allusion to such a tent; P mentions it + 131 times as מ׳ א׳; + 19 times as הָאֹהֶל (compare Ezekiel 41:1) & הָעֵדוּת א׳, tent of the testimony Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 18:2 (as containing ark & tables of the testimony) compare 2 Chronicles 24:6; this tent sometimes confounded with the מִשְׁכָּן but distinguished in מ׳ מִשְׁכַּן א׳ Exodus 39:32; Exodus 40:2, 6, 29, compare 1 Chronicles 6:17; הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְהָאֹהֶל Numbers 3:25; אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת־אָהֳלוֺ Exodus 35:11; tent was of three layers of skins, goatskins, ramskins, & tachash skins, each layer of eleven pieces stretched in form of a tent, covering & protecting the מִשְׁכָּן, which was in form of parallelopip. (Exodus 26). An אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד was at Shilo 1 Samuel 2:22 (omitted Greek Version of the LXX; see Dr) compare Psalm 78:60, called יוֺסֵף א׳ Psalm 78:67. The Mosaic מ׳ א׳ was later at Gibeon 2 Chronicles 1:3, 6, 13; courses of ministry arranged for service at מ׳ א׳ 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:32 compare 1 Chronicles 9:19 (הָא׳), 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 9:23 (בֵּית הָא׳); David erected an אֹהֶל for ark on Mt. Zion 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 15:1; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 2 Chronicles 1:4; Joab fled for refuge to יהוה א׳ 1 Kings 2:28-30; sacred oil brought from הָא׳ 1 Kings 1:39; the מוֺעֵד א׳ was taken up into temple 1 Kings 8:4 2 Chronicles 5:5; י׳ had not previously dwelt in a בַּיִת, but had gone מֵאֹהֶל אֶל־אֹהֶל from tent to tent, from one to another, 1 Chronicles 17:5, compare 2 Samuel 7:6; יהוה א׳ (|| בַּיִת & הַר קֹדֶשׁ) is refuge & dwelling-place of righteous, Psalm 15:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 61:5 (compare Psalm 90:1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:20; 4:20; 9:21; 13:3; 13:5; 18:6; 25:27

Exodus

26; 28:43; 33:7; 33:8; 33:9; 33:10; 33:11; 35:11; 39:32; 40:2; 40:6; 40:29

Numbers

3:25; 9:15; 11:24; 11:26; 12:5; 12:10; 16:26; 18:2; 24:5

Deuteronomy

31:14; 31:15

Joshua

22:8

Judges

8:11; 19:9

1 Samuel

2:22; 17:54; 17:54

2 Samuel

6:17; 7:6; 16:22; 20:1

1 Kings

1:39; 2:28; 2:29; 2:30; 8:4; 8:66; 12:16

1 Chronicles

6:17; 6:17; 9:19; 9:21; 9:23; 15:1; 16:1; 17:5; 23:32

2 Chronicles

1:3; 1:4; 1:6; 1:13; 5:5; 10:16; 14:14; 24:6

Job

8:22; 15:34; 29:4

Psalms

15:1; 19:5; 27:5; 27:6; 61:5; 61:5; 78:60; 78:67; 83:7; 84:11; 90:1; 91:10; 118:15; 120:5; 132:3

Proverbs

14:11

Song of Songs

1:5

Isaiah

16:5

Jeremiah

4:20; 6:3; 30:18; 37:10; 49:29

Lamentations

2:4

Ezekiel

41:1

Daniel

11:45

Joel

2:16

Habakkuk

3:7

Zechariah

12:7

Malachi

2:12

H168

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Strong's Number H168 matches the Hebrew אֹהֶל ('ōhel),
which occurs 348 times in 314 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (Lev 14:23–Num 9:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:23 - And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and bring them to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:7 - Then he shall take the two goats and set them before the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - No one may be in the tent of meeting from the time he enters to make atonement in the Holy Place until he comes out and has made atonement for himself and for his house and for all the assembly of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:20 - “And when he has made an end of atoning for the Holy Place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall present the live goat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:23 - “Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and shall take off the linen garments that he put on when he went into the Holy Place and shall leave them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:33 - He shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:4 - and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the LORD in front of the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - This is to the end that the people of Israel may bring their sacrifices that they sacrifice in the open field, that they may bring them to the LORD, to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - And the priest shall throw the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance of the tent of meeting and burn the fat for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:9 - and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - but he shall bring his compensation to the LORD, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:3 - Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the LORD regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 - “Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, guarding the sanctuary itself, to protect[fn] the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can come on duty, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - This is the service of the clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, everyone who can come on duty, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37 - This was the list of the clans of the Kohathites, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD by Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty for service in the tent of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - This was the list of the clans of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - “And this is the law for the Nazirite, when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:89

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they[fn] shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - They minister[fn] to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 - On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - And whenever the cloud lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped.

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