Bible Cross References
Why hast thou
2 Samuel 24:3
But Joab answered the king, "Your Majesty, may the LORD your God make the people of Israel a hundred times more numerous than they are now, and may you live to see him do it. But why does Your Majesty want to do this?"
the collection
Exodus 30:12-16
12
"When you take a census of the people of Israel, each man is to pay me a price for his life, so that no disaster will come on him while the census is being taken.
13
Everyone included in the census must pay the required amount of money, weighed according to the official standard. Everyone must pay this as an offering to me.
14
Everyone being counted in the census, that is, every man twenty years old or older, is to pay me this amount.
15
The rich man is not to pay more, nor the poor man less, when they pay this amount for their lives.
16
Collect this money from the people of Israel and spend it for the upkeep of the Tent of my presence. This tax will be the payment for their lives, and I will remember to protect them."
tabernacle
Numbers 1:50
Instead, put the Levites in charge of the Tent of my presence and all its equipment. They shall carry it and its equipment, serve in it, and set up their camp around it.
Numbers 17:7
Moses then put all the sticks in the Tent in front of the LORD's Covenant Box.
Numbers 17:8
The next day, when Moses went into the Tent, he saw that Aaron's stick, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted. It had budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!
Numbers 18:2
Bring in your relatives, the tribe of Levi, to work with you and help you while you and your sons are serving at the Tent.
Acts 7:44
"Our ancestors had the Tent of God's presence with them in the desert. It had been made as God had told Moses to make it, according to the pattern that Moses had been shown.