The Meaning of Numbers 1:51 Explained

Numbers 1:51

KJV: And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

YLT: 'And in the journeying of the tabernacle, the Levites take it down, and in the encamping of the tabernacle, the Levites raise it up; and the stranger who is coming near is put to death.'

Darby: and when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encampeth, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

ASV: And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when the tabernacle  setteth forward,  the Levites  shall take it down:  and when the tabernacle  is to be pitched,  the Levites  shall set it up:  and the stranger  that cometh nigh  shall be put to death. 

What does Numbers 1:51 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Numbers 1

1  God commands Moses to number the people
5  The princes of the tribes
17  The number of every tribe
47  The Levites are exempted for the service of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 1:51 mean?

And when is to go forward the tabernacle shall take down it the Levites And when is to be set up shall set up it the Levites And the outsider who comes near shall be put to death
וּבִנְסֹ֣עַ הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן יוֹרִ֤ידוּ אֹתוֹ֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וּבַחֲנֹת֙ יָקִ֥ימוּ אֹת֖וֹ הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהַזָּ֥ר הַקָּרֵ֖ב יוּמָֽת

וּבִנְסֹ֣עַ  And  when  is  to  go  forward 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: נָסַע  
Sense: to pull out, pull up, set out, journey, remove, set forward, depart.
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֗ן  the  tabernacle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
יוֹרִ֤ידוּ  shall  take  down 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָרַד  
Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
הַלְוִיִּ֔ם  the  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וּבַחֲנֹת֙  And  when  is  to  be  set  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
יָקִ֥ימוּ  shall  set  up 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם  the  Levites 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
וְהַזָּ֥ר  And  the  outsider 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: זוּר 
Sense: to be strange, be a stranger.
הַקָּרֵ֖ב  who  comes  near 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: קָרַב  
Sense: to come near, approach, enter into, draw near.
יוּמָֽת  shall  be  put  to  death 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.