Numbers 9:23
Good News Translation
They set up camp and broke camp in obedience to the commands which the LORD gave through Moses.

New Revised Standard Version
At the command of the LORD they would camp, and at the command of the LORD they would set out. They kept the charge of the LORD, at the command of the LORD by Moses.

Contemporary English Version
They obeyed the LORD's commands and went wherever he directed Moses.

New American Bible
At the direction of the LORD they pitched camp, and at the LORD’s direction they broke camp; they kept the charge of the LORD, as the LORD directed them through Moses.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By the word of the Lord they pitched their tents, and by his word they marched: and kept the watches of the Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moses.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

By the word of the Lord they pitched their tents, and by his word they marched: and kept the watches of the Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moses.

they kept

Numbers 9:19 And if it was so that it continued over it a long time, the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and marched not,

Genesis 26:5 Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my precepts and commandments, and observed my ceremonies and laws.

Joshua 22:3 Neither have you left your brethren this long time, until this present day, keeping the commandment of the Lord your God.

Ezekiel 44:8 And you have not kept the ordinances of my sanctuary: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.

Zechariah 3:7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: If thou wilt walk in my ways, and keep my charge, thou also shalt judge my house, and shalt keep my courts, and I will give thee some of them that are now present here to walk with thee.

Context
The Cloud Above the Tabernacle
22But if it remained over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a longer time, the children of Israel remained in the same place, and marched not: but immediately as soon as it departed, they removed the camp. 23By the word of the Lord they pitched their tents, and by his word they marched: and kept the watches of the Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moses.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Psalm 73:24
Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.

Psalm 107:7
And he led them into the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Isaiah 63:14
As a beast that goeth down in the field, the spirit of the Lord was their leader: so didst thou lead thy people to make thyself a glorious name.

Numbers 9:22
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