Num 4:30 | KingComments | STEP | After the service of the Gershonites, who are among other things responsible for separation, follows the service of the Merarites, who are mindful of unity. For the Merarites the same age limits apply as for the Kohathites and the Gershonites. They care for the boards and the pillars, which give stability to the building. Boards are a picture of the believers. Bars and pillars are a picture of servants who confirm the believers in the truth (cf. ). The purpose of their teaching is that they should “no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine” ( ). They ensure that the believers are steadfast in their faith and “all agree … in the same mind and in the same judgment” ( ; ). Then in their lives they will learn to see things as God sees them. It will also prevent them from drifting away ( ).

‏ Numbers 4:30

Service of the Merarites

After the service of the Gershonites, who are among other things responsible for separation, follows the service of the Merarites, who are mindful of unity. For the Merarites the same age limits apply as for the Kohathites and the Gershonites. They care for the boards and the pillars, which give stability to the building.

Boards are a picture of the believers. Bars and pillars are a picture of servants who confirm the believers in the truth (cf. Gal 2:9). The purpose of their teaching is that they should “no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine” (Eph 4:14). They ensure that the believers are steadfast in their faith and “all agree … in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1Cor 1:10b; Col 2:5). Then in their lives they will learn to see things as God sees them. It will also prevent them from drifting away (Heb 2:1).