Numbers 3:36-37

3:36 The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things, ¹  3:37 and the pillars of the courtyard all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their ropes.

Numbers 7:8-9

7:8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority ²  of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 7:9 But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried ³  on their shoulders, was their responsibility. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “and all their service.” This could possibly be a hendiadys: “and all their working tools.” However, the parallel with v. 26 suggests this is a separate phrase.

² tn Heb “hand.”

³ tn The verb is the imperfect tense, but it describes their customary activity – they had to carry, they used to carry.

⁴ tn Heb “upon them,” meaning “their duty.”