Numbers 3:36

The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

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WEBBE

The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

BSB

The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment— all the service for these items,

KJV

And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

ASV

And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof,

BBE

And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,

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וּפְקֻדַּת u·fe·ku·dat and [the] office of H6486 מִשְׁמֶרֶת mish·me·ret [the] duty of H4931 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] descendants of H1121 מְרָרִי me·ra·ri Merari H4847 קַרְשֵׁי kar·shei [was] [the] frames of H7175 הַמִּשְׁכָּן ha·mish·kan the tabernacle H4908 וּבְרִיחָיו u·ve·ri·chav and bars its H1280 וְעַמֻּדָיו ve·'a·mu·dav and pillars its H5982 וַאֲדָנָיו va·'a·da·nav and bases its H134 וְכָל־ ve·khol and all H3605 כֵּלָיו ke·lav articles its H3627 וְכֹל ve·khol and all H3605 עֲבֹדָתוֹ a·vo·da·to service its H5656

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–39

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little flock in comparison with the world.

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Merari

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.