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Numbers 4:31

29 As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,

30 from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.

This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

32 and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.

33 This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

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BSB
This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,
KJV
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,
WEB
This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
ASV
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,
DARBY
And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and bases thereof,
BLB
And this [is] what they must carry as all their service for the Tent of Meeting: The boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases.
ÅB
Og dette er det som de har å bære, alt det de skal stelle med ved sammenkomstens telt: tabernaklets planker og dets tverrstenger og stolper og fotstykker
OTB
Dette er deres plikt som en del av all deres tjeneste ved teltet: de skal bære rammene til tabernaklet, dets tverrstenger, stolper og sokler,
B1930
Og dette er det som de har å bære, alt det de skal stelle med ved sammenkomstens telt: tabernaklets planker og dets tverrstenger og stolper og fotstykker

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Cross references

  • Numbers 3:36–37

    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,

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  • Exodus 26:15

    You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.

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  • Numbers 7:8–9

    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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