tabernacle of the congregation. See note on Numbers 2:2. This was in centre. So is the tent of the chief of the tribe to this day. The manner of its being carried is shown in Ch. Numbers 10:17, &c.
Levites. The order of the Levites' camping is shown in Numbers 3, their marching in Numbers 10. Their sign was Libra, or more anciently the "altar".
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