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,
And this is what they are responsible for carrying as part of their work in the tent of meeting: the wooden frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases,
This verse describes the specific items that the Merari clan of Levites was assigned to carry and care for when the tabernacle was moved from place to place.
📚 Historical Context
The Israelites were wandering in the wilderness after leaving Egypt, and they carried a portable worship tent called the tabernacle with them. God assigned different families of the Levite tribe specific duties for transporting and caring for different parts of this sacred tent. The Merari clan was given the heavy structural components to manage.
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