The Meaning of Numbers 3:23 Explained

Numbers 3:23

KJV: The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

YLT: The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.

Darby: The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.

ASV: The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The families  of the Gershonites  shall pitch  behind  the tabernacle  westward. 

What does Numbers 3:23 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 3

1  The sons of Aaron
5  The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn
14  Are numbered by their families
21  The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites
27  Of the Kohathites
33  Of the Merarites
38  The place and charge of Moses and Aaron
40  The firstborn are freed by the Levites
44  The balances are refunded

What do the individual words in Numbers 3:23 mean?

The families of the Gershonite behind the tabernacle were to camp westward
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י אַחֲרֵ֧י הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן יַחֲנ֖וּ יָֽמָּה

מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת  The  families 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: מִשְׁפָּחָה  
Sense: clan, family.
הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֑י  of  the  Gershonite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי  
Sense: a descendant of Gershon, firstborn son of Levi.
אַחֲרֵ֧י  behind 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
יַחֲנ֖וּ  were  to  camp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
יָֽמָּה  westward 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.

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