Numbers 1:53 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

pitch. encamp.

that there be no wrath: i.e. no judgment from God. "wrath" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for the judgment inflicted. App-6. Hebrew. kazaph. First occurrence.

Numbers 1:53

53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.