Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Numbers 4:29 - 4:33

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Numbers 4:29 - 4:33


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The Work of the Merarites

v. 29. As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families,
muster them, take their census, by the house of their fathers;

v. 30. from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service,
as enrolled in the ranks of the Lord's soldiers, to do the work of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

v. 31. And this is the charge of their burden,
the appointments whose carrying was placed upon them as their ministry, 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,

v. 32. and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service; and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden,
count them off very carefully, lest one be overlooked. Cf Num_3:36-37.

v. 33. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest,
who was superintendent of this part of the work. The work of the Gospel ministry is also a good work, 1Ti_3:1, and those that are engaged in preaching should comport themselves as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, in the spiritual warfare against the enemies of their faith, 1Ti_1:18; Eph_6:10-18.