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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
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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 76 times in 70 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 1:1–Num 16:43)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent H168 of meeting, on the first 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 BoxNum 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:2 - “The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the [fn]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

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 standards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “They shall also keep 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 BoxNum 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:25 - Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent H168 of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, H168 its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:38 - Now those who were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent H168 of meeting toward the sunrise, are 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 BoxNum 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 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, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the [fn]things in the tent H168 of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - from thirty years and upward to fifty years old, you shall [fn]number them; all who enter to perform the service to do the work in the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 and its bars and its pillars and its [fn]sockets,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - These are 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 numbered according to the [fn]commandment of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years 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 BoxNum 6:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:13 - ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring [fn]the offering to the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - Now when Moses went into the tent H168 of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the [fn]mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - “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 plague among the sons of Israel by [fn]their coming near to the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 before his sons; just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 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 BoxNum 8:26

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:15

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 BoxNum 9:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:3 - “When both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:10 - Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; H168 and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and [fn]Moses was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:16 - The LORD therefore said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers and bring them to the tent H168 of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:24 - So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the [fn]other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), H168 and they prophesied in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:4 - Suddenly the LORD said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, “You three come out to the tent H168 of meeting.” So the three of them came out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:5 - Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, H168 and He called [fn]Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:10 - But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, H168 behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:10 - But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent H168 of meeting to all the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:18 - So they each took his own censer and put fire on [fn]it, and laid incense on [fn]it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting, with Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:19 - Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent H168 of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart now from the tents H168 of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:27 - So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents, H168 along with their wives and their sons and their little ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:42 - It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent H168 of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:43 - Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent H168 of meeting,

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