Numbers 3:36 “The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames…”

Numbers 3:36

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,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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,

World English Bible

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,

American Standard Version

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,

Geneva Bible 1599

And in ye charge and custodie of the sonnes of Merari shall be the boardes of the Tabernacle, and the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets, and al the instruments therof, and al that serueth thereto,

Darby Translation

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,

Young's Literal Translation

And the oversight — the charge of the sons of Merari — [is] the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service,

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“the boards”

Exodus 26:15–29 Exodus 26:32 Exodus 26:37 Numbers 4:29–33 Numbers 7:8 Exodus 27:9–19

Exodus 26:15–29 · BSB

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

Exodus 26:32 · BSB

Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

Exodus 26:37 · BSB

Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.

Numbers 4:29–33 · BSB

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

Numbers 7:8 · BSB

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.

Exodus 27:9–19 · BSB

You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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