Numbers 3:35

35 princeps eorum Surihel filius Abiahihel in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur

Numbers 3:35 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:35

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of
Merari
I think it should rather be rendered, "and the chief of the house", that is, of the Merarites, "the father to the families of Merari"; the common father to them all, having the chief authority and power over them, and so in ( Numbers 3:24 Numbers 3:30 ) ;

[shall be] Zuriel the son of Abihail;
of whom we read nowhere else, nor is it certain of which family he was, whether of the Mahlites or Mushites:

[these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward;
to the left of it, between that and the camp of Dan.

Numbers 3:35 In-Context

33 at vero de Merari erunt populi Moolitae et Musitae recensiti per nomina sua

34 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra sex milia ducenti

35 princeps eorum Surihel filius Abiahihel in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur

36 erunt sub custodia eorum tabulae tabernaculi et vectes et columnae ac bases earum et omnia quae ad cultum huiuscemodi pertinent

37 columnaeque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis et paxilli cum funibus