Numbers 10:21

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

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Interpretation

After the Israelites had continued nearly a year at mount Sinai, and all was settled respecting their future worship, they began their march to Canaan.

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This thought runs through Numbers 10:18-21.

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Glossary

Tabernacle Object: (1. ) A house or dwelling-place ( Job 5:24 ; 18:6 , etc. ). (2. ) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24 ) containing the image of Moloch ( Amos 5:26 ; marg. and R. V., “Siccuth”). (3. ) The human body.
Kohathites People: The descendants of Kohath. They formed the first of the three divisions of the Levites ( Ex. 6:16 , 18; Num. 3:17 ).