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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - “Then on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young doves, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting and give them to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - ‘Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young doves, and bring them to the priest, to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:7 - “He shall then take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:16 - “He shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their unlawful acts regarding all their sins; and he shall do so for the tent H168 of meeting which remains with them in the midst of their impurities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:17 - “When he goes in to make atonement in the Holy Place, no one shall be in the tent H168 of meeting until he comes out, so that he may make atonement for himself and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:20 -

“When he finishes atoning for the Holy Place and the tent H168 of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:23 -

“Then Aaron shall come into the tent H168 of meeting and take off the linen garments which 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 - and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent H168 of meeting and for the altar. He shall also 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 has not brought it to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD in front of the [fn]tabernacle of the LORD, bloodshed is to be counted against that person. He has shed blood, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:5 - “This shall be done so that the sons of Israel will bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing [fn]in the open field—so that they will bring them to the LORD at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:6 - “The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, and offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing 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 doorway of the tent H168 of meeting to [fn]offer it to the LORD, that person also shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:21 - ‘He shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, a ram as 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 H168 of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 -

Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent H168 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 sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own [fn]flag, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the tent H168 of meeting [fn]at a distance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:17 -

“Then the tent H168 of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their flags.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - “They shall perform the duties for [fn]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent H168 of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent H168 of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent H168 of meeting included the tabernacle and the tent H168, its covering, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent H168 of meeting,

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Now those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle eastward, in front of the tent H168 of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the [fn]layman coming 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 and upward, even to fifty years old, everyone who can enter the service of ministry to do work in the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - “This is the work of the [fn]descendants of Kohath in the tent H168 of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them by the poles, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the [fn]things in the tent H168 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 and upward to fifty years old you shall [fn]count them: all who can enter to perform service, to do the work in the tent H168 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 H168 of meeting with its covering and the covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent H168 of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent H168 of meeting; and their duties shall be [fn]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 and upward, even to fifty years old, you shall count them, everyone who can enter the service to do the work of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this is the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent H168 of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, and its bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent H168 of meeting, [fn]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 and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter the service for work in the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37 - These were the numbered men of the Kohathite families, everyone who was serving in the tent H168 of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [fn]commandment of the LORD [fn]through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter the service for work in the tent H168 of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - These were the numbered men of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who was serving in the tent H168 of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [fn]commandment of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter the service for work in the tent H168 of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and the work of carrying in the tent H168 of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young doves to the priest, to the entrance of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 -

‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the days of his consecration are fulfilled: he shall bring [fn]his offering to the entrance of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18 - ‘The Nazirite shall then shave his consecrated head of hair at the entrance of the tent H168 of meeting, and take the consecrated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these things from them, that they may be [fn]used in the service of the tent H168 of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 -

Now when Moses entered the tent H168 of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the [fn]atoning cover that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two [fn]cherubim; so He spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9 - “So you shall present the Levites in front of the tent H168 of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - “Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent H168 of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and present 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 [fn]a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent H168 of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no affliction among the sons of Israel due to [fn]their approaching the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent H168 of meeting before Aaron and his sons; just 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 is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward [fn]they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - “They may, however, [fn]assist their brothers in the tent H168 of meeting, to fulfill an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. In this way you shall deal with the Levites in their obligations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15 -

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent H168 of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:17 - Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent H168, afterward the sons of Israel would set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.

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