Numbers 4:33

33 This is the service of the Merarite clans regarding all their work at the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."

Numbers 4:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:33

This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Merari,
&c.] The Mahlites and Mushites, namely, the service before observed, the particulars of which are given:

according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation;
agreeably to what was allotted to them in that part of the tabernacle they were concerned in:

under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest;
who had the oversight of these as well as of the Gershonites, as Eleazar had of the Kohathites; though as Eleazar was the chief of the tribe of Levi, it is thought that Ithamar acted under him, ( Numbers 3:32 ) .

Numbers 4:33 In-Context

31 This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

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

33 This is the service of the Merarite clans regarding all their work at the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest."

34 So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

35 men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.