Numbers 3:31

31 Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen^[a]-and all the work relating to them.^[b]

Numbers 3:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:31

And their charge [shall be] the ark
That is, when the tabernacle was taken down, and carried from place to place, this, and the following things, were committed to their care and custody, the ark with the mercy seat, and all appertaining thereunto, which were in the holy of holies:

and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars;
the table of shewbread, and the candlestick of pure gold, with its lamps, and the altar of incense, all which stood in the holy place, and the altar of burnt offering, which was in the court, for both altars were their charge:

and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister;
all the vessels which belonged to the above things; for the table, candlestick, and altars, all had vessels appertaining to them:

and the hanging;
that is, the vail, as Jarchi interprets it, which divided between the, holy and the most holy place; all the other hangings for the court, and the door of it, and for the door of the tabernacle, were the charge of the Gershonites, ( Numbers 3:25 Numbers 3:26 ) :

and all the service thereof;
what belonged to the things in this part of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:31 In-Context

29 The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,

30 and the leader of the family of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

31 Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen-and all the work relating to them.

32 The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

33 The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.

Footnotes

• [a]. The screen between the holy of holies and the holy place; Ex 35:12
• [b]. Nm 3:1-38; Ex 25:10-27:21