Numbers 3:25-26
the charge.From this and the next chapter, we see the very severe labour which the Levites were to perform, while the journeyings of the Israelites lasted. When we consider, that there was not less than 14 tons 266 lbs. of metal employed in the tabernacle, (see note on Ex 38:24,) besides the immense weight of the skins, hangings, cords, boards, and posts, we shall find it was no easy matter to transport this moveable temple from place to place. The Gershonites, who were 7,500 in number had to carry the tent, coverings, vail, hangings of the court, cords, etc. (ver. 25, 26); the Kohathites, who were 8,600, the ark, table, candlestick, altars, and instruments of the sanctuary (ver. 31); and the Merarites, who were 6,200, the boards, bars, sockets, and all matters connected with these belonging to the tabernacle, with the pillars of the court, their sockets, pins, and cords (ver. 36, 37). 7; 4:24-28; 7:7; 10:17; 1Ch 9:14-33; 23:32; 26:21,222Ch 31:2,11-18; Ezr 8:28-30; Mr 13:34; Ro 12:6-8; Col 4:171Ti 1:18the tabernacle and.Ex 25:9; 26:1-14; 36:8-19; 40:19and the hanging.Ex 26:36,37; 36:37,38; 40:28 the hangings.Ex 27:9-16; 38:9-16the cords.Ex 35:18 Numbers 7:5-7
Take it.Ex 25:1-11; 35:4-10; Ps 16:2,3; Isa 42:1-7; 49:1-8; Eph 4:11-13Tit 3:8give them. i.e. distribute them among the Levites as theyneed them; giving most to those who have the heaviest burdens to bear. 6 Two wagons.3:25,26; 4:24-28sons of Gershon.The Gershonites being fewest in number of able men, had the less burdensome things to carry; for they carried only the curtains, coverings, and hangings, (ch. 4:25, 40.) And although this was a cumbersome carriage, and they needed waggons, yet it was not a heavy one, and they needed few.
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