Numbers 3:36

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,

Numbers 16:29

16:29 If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me.

Numbers 4:16

4:16 “The appointed responsibility of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is for the oil for the light, and the spiced incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil; he also has the appointed responsibility over all the tabernacle with all that is in it, over the sanctuary and over all its furnishings.”


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.

tn Heb “if like the death of every man they die.”

tn The noun is פְּקֻדָּה (pÿquddah, “appointment, visitation”). The expression refers to a natural death, parallel to the first expression.

tn This is supplied to the line to clarify “appointed.”

tn Heb “and.”

sn One would assume that he would prepare and wrap these items, but that the Kohathites would carry them to the next place.