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Encamp [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To pitch tents or form huts, as an army; to halt on a march, spread tents and remain for a night or for a longer time, as an army or company.

2. They encamped in Etham. Exodus 13:20 .

3. The Levites shall encamp about the tabernacle. Numbers 1:50 .

4. To pitch tents for the purpose of a siege; to besiege.

5. ENCAMP against the city and take it. 2 Samuel 12:28 .

Encamp [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To form into a camp; to place a marching army or company in a temporary habitation or quarters.

Encamp [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.

Encamp [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Encamped [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Settled in tents or huts for lodging or temporary habitation.

Encamped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Encamping [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pitching tents or forming huts, for a temporary lodging or rest.

Encamping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Encamp

Encampment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

2. The place where an army or company is encamped; a camp; a regular order of tents or huts for the accommodation of an army or troop.

Encampment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings.

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Genesis 25:16

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

Genesis 26:17

And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

Exodus 13:20

And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

Exodus 14:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.

Exodus 14:9

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.

The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

Exodus 15:27

And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the waters.

Exodus 18:5

And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

Moses’ father-in-law Jethro, along with Moses’ wife and sons, came to him in the desert, where he was encamped at the mountain of God.

Numbers 1:50

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

Numbers 2:17

Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

In the middle of the camps, the Tent of Meeting is to travel with the camp of the Levites. They are to set out in the order they encamped, each in his own place under his standard.

Numbers 2:27

And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,

Numbers 3:38

But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

Numbers 9:18

At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

Numbers 10:31

And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

“Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

Numbers 24:2

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

Numbers 31:10

And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,

Numbers 33:10

And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

They set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

Numbers 33:11

And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

Numbers 33:12

And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

They set out from the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

Numbers 33:13

And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

Numbers 33:14

And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.