Numbers 1:52-54
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
52 The other Israelites shall camp according to their companies, each in their own divisional camps,(A) 53 but the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to ensure that God’s wrath will not fall upon the Israelite community. The Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the covenant.(B) 54 The Israelites complied; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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