And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; ¹  the tabernacle was to be set up ²  before they arrived. ³ 

biblegateway Num 10:21

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

Then the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, broke camp. By the time they arrived, the tent of meeting would already be set up.

biblegateway Num 10:21

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. The tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived.

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

bibleoremus Num 10:21

Then the Kohathites, who carried the holy things, set out; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

The Kohathites, the bearers of the holy objects, moved off next, and on their arrival found the Tabernacle set up.

biblegateway Num 10:21

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things. (The tabernacle would be prepared for their arrival.)

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came.

biblegateway Num 10:21

And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; ¹  the tabernacle was to be set up ²  before they arrived. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “carrying the sanctuary,” a metonymy of whole for parts, representing all the holy objects that were located in the sanctuary.

² tn The verb is the third person plural form; without an expressed subject it is treated as a passive.

³ tn Heb “against their coming.”