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, ¹ 

Numbers 8:16

8:16 For they are entirely given ²  to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of ³  all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.

[3:36]  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.

[8:16]  ² tn As before, the emphasis is obtained by repeating the passive participle: “given, given to me.”

[8:16]  ³ tn Or “as substitutes” for all the firstborn of the Israelites.