Numbers 3:36

³⁴ The number of all the males a month old or more was 6,200.

³⁵ The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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,

³⁷ as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.

³⁸ Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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,
WEB: 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,
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,
DARBY: And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its service,
BLB: And the appointed duty of the sons of Merari [was] the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and its vessels, and all its service;

ÅB: Og det som Meraris barn var satt til å ta vare på, var tabernaklets planker og dets tverrstenger og dets stolper og dets fotstykker og alt som hørte til, og alt arbeidet derved
OTB: Oppgavene tildelt Meraris sønner inkluderte rammen til tabernaklet, dets stenger, dets søyler, dets baser, alt dets utstyr, og all tjenesten angående dem,
B1930: Og det som Meraris barn var satt til å ta vare på, var tabernaklets planker og dets tverrstenger og dets stolper og dets fotstykker og alt som hørte til, og alt arbeidet derved

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 26:37
Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
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Exodus 26:15–29
You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
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Exodus 26:32
Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
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Numbers 7:8
and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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Exodus 38:17–20
The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
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Exodus 36:36
He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.
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Exodus 35:18
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
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Exodus 39:33
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent with all its furnishings, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, and its posts and bases;
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