Numbers 4:26

26 and the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them; so shall they serve.

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 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve and to bear burdens.
25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 and the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them; so shall they serve.
27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation; and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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