Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 1:53:
- Kupsabiny: “The clan of Levi shall spread their tents surrounding my Tent so that no other person comes near that Tent so as to make me angry with the people of Israel.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Levites must guard the tent of the testimony. And so that my anger may not fall on the community of Israel, the Levites, having set their tents up around the tent of the testimony, must live [there]."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But the descendants of Levi will-camp around the Tent where the Laws was-put/placed-in-it, so-that I will- not -get-angry against the community of Israel. The descendants of Levi are responsible to take-care of the Tent.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the male descendants of Levi must set up their tents around the Sacred Tent, in order to protect the other Israeli people from being punished by Yahweh for coming close to the Sacred Tent. The descendants of Levi are the ones who must stand around the Sacred Tent to guard it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
