from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting;

from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting –

from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting –

On the eighth day he is to bring ¹  two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites.

When ¹  they blow ²  them both, all the community must come ³  to you to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

You must place them ¹  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ²  where I meet with you.

No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin ¹  and die.

A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? ²  Who may live on your holy hill? ³ 

The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, ¹  the special, holy dwelling place of ²  the sovereign One. ³ 

I will be a permanent guest in your home; ¹  I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. ²  (Selah)

Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship ¹  before his footstool!

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, ¹  I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

He must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar ¹  which is before the Lord in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

Then the Lord said to Moses, “The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent ¹  of meeting ²  so that I can commission him.” ³  So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain,

But if your own land ¹  is impure, ²  cross over to the Lord’s own land, ³  where the Lord himself lives, ⁴  and settle down among us. ⁵  But don’t rebel against the Lord or us ⁶  by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the Lord our God.

Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord by turning back today from following after the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace ¹  aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!” ² 

By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour. ¹ 

And ¹  whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord ²  would speak with Moses. ³