Numbers 4:31

31 As part of all their service at the tent, they are to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,

Numbers 4:31 in Other Translations

31 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,

31 And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

31 “Their only duty at the Tabernacle will be to carry loads. They will carry the frames of the Tabernacle, the crossbars, the posts, and the bases;

31 "This is their assigned duty as they go to work at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of The Dwelling, its crossbars, posts, and bases,

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,

Numbers 4:31 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:31

And this [is] the charge of their burden
What should be committed to their care and charge, and they should bear and carry:

according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation;
which was assigned to them as their part, and which was very heavy and cumbersome, and therefore they had wagons allowed them, ( Numbers 7:8 ) ;

the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars
thereof, and sockets thereof;
all these belonged to the holy and to the most holy place; see ( Exodus 26:15-37 ) .

Numbers 4:31 In-Context

29 “Count the Merarites by their clans and families.

30 Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.

31 As part of all their service at the tent, they are to carry the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts and bases,

32 as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, ropes, all their equipment and everything related to their use. Assign to each man the specific things he is to carry.

33 This is the service of the Merarite clans as they work at the tent of meeting under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.”

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 3:36