Numbers 4:26

26 the tapestries for the courtyard, and the screen for the entrance to the courtyard by the tabernacle and around the altar, along with the ropes and all the utensils they need for their service; and they are to do the work connected with these things.

Numbers 4:26 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:26

And the hangings of the court
Which made the great court that surrounded the tabernacle, ( Exodus 27:9 ) ;

and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court;
the eastern gate that led into the court, an hanging of twenty cubits, ( Exodus 27:16 ) ;

which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about;
that is, which hangings that formed the court, and were round about the tabernacle, and the altar of burnt offering; (See Gill on Exodus 26:36);

and their cords;
which fastened the hangings to pins or stakes fixed in the ground to keep them tight, that they might not be moved to and fro with the wind:

and all the instruments of their service;
in the court, as the tables on which the sacrifices were laid, and the hooks, and cords, and pins, on which they were hung and fastened, as Aben Ezra; see ( Ezekiel 40:39-43 ) ;

and all that is made for them;
for the vessels of service, or for the tabernacle, or the altar, as the same writer intimates:

so shall they serve;
by bearing them and carrying them.

Numbers 4:26 In-Context

24 "The Gershon families are to be responsible for serving and for transporting loads.

25 They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, its covering, the fine leather covering above it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

26 the tapestries for the courtyard, and the screen for the entrance to the courtyard by the tabernacle and around the altar, along with the ropes and all the utensils they need for their service; and they are to do the work connected with these things.

27 Aharon and his sons are to supervise all the work of the Gershon clan in transporting loads and serving, and to assign them who is to carry what.

28 This is how the Gershon families are to serve in the tent of meeting, and they are to be under the direction of Itamar the son of Aharon the cohen.