Numbers 3:31

31 Their responsibility [was] the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use.

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 clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south.

30 The leader of {his family} according to the clans of the Kohathites [is] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

31 Their responsibility [was] the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use.

32 The {chief of the leaders} of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest [who had] oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

33 {To Merari belonged} the clan of Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these [are] the clans of Merari.