Numbers 3:36-38

The Voice

³⁶ and their work was to maintain the planks of the tent, its bars, posts, and sockets; plus all the furnishings and any other wood items; ³⁷ as well as the posts surrounding the courtyard together with their sockets, pegs, and ropes.

³⁸ Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons camped in front of the congregation tent, on the east facing sunrise, where they worked according to the needs of the sanctuary and on behalf of the Israelites. If an outsider trespassed in this area, he would be killed.