Numbers 4:31

These be their charges; they shall bear the tables of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, the pillars, and their foundaments (or and their foundations, or their bases);

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

In Context

30from thirty years and above unto fifty years, all that enter to the office of their service, and to the adorning of the bond of peace of witnessing. (from thirty years of age up to fifty years old, all who enter to serve in the Tabernacle of the Covenant, that is, in the Tabernacle of the Witnessing.)

32also the pillars of the great entry by compass, with their foundaments, and their stakes, and their cords, (or and the pillars all around the courtyard, with their bases, and their stakes, and their cords); and they shall take all the instruments and the purtenance of the tabernacle, by number, and so they shall bear them.

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Cross References

Exodus 26:15Also thou shalt make [the] standing boards + 26:15 In the original text, throughout the rest of Exodus, ‘board/s’ and ‘table/s’ are used interchangeably to refer to construction materials. To avoid confusion, and to enhance comprehension, only ‘board/s’ will be used in this context. of the tabernacle, of the wood of shittim, (And thou shalt make the upright boards for the Tabernacle out of shittim wood, or acacia,)

Numbers 7:8He gave four other wains and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, by their offices and religion (or for their duties and their service), under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:22-34

21 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering,… Read the whole commentary →

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