Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 3:31
And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
31. For the ark, table, and candlestick (better lampstand)’, see Exodus 25, and for the two altars, Exo 27:1-8; Exo 30:1-10.
the screen ] The door-hangings of the tabernacle and of the court have been assigned to the Gershonites ( Num 3:25 f.). This is therefore the veil which separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place. But it is nowhere else called simply ‘the screen.’ We should probably read (with the Syr.) the veil of the screen, i.e. the veil which acts as a screen, as in Num 4:5, Exo 40:3; Exo 40:21.
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The hanging, which covered the most holy place, for all other hangings belonged to the Gershonites.
All the service thereof, i.e. all the other furniture belonging to it, of which see Num 4:7,9,14.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And their charge [shall be] the ark,…. That is, when the tabernacle was taken down, and carried from place to place, this, and the following things, were committed to their care and custody, the ark with the mercy seat, and all appertaining thereunto, which were in the holy of holies:
and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars; the table of shewbread, and the candlestick of pure gold, with its lamps, and the altar of incense, all which stood in the holy place, and the altar of burnt offering, which was in the court, for both altars were their charge:
and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister; all the vessels which belonged to the above things; for the table, candlestick, and altars, all had vessels appertaining to them:
and the hanging; that is, the vail, as Jarchi interprets it, which divided between the, holy and the most holy place; all the other hangings for the court, and the door of it, and for the door of the tabernacle, were the charge of the Gershonites, Nu 3:25:
and all the service thereof; what belonged to the things in this part of the tabernacle.
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candlestick = lampstand.
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the ark: Num 4:4-16, Exo 25:10-40, Exo 31:1 – Exo 35:29, Exo 37:1-24, Exo 39:33-42, Exo 40:2-16, Exo 40:30
the altars: Exo 27:1-8, Exo 30:1-10, Exo 37:25-29, Exo 38:1-7
and the hanging: Exo 26:31-33, Exo 36:35, Exo 36:36
Reciprocal: Exo 25:23 – a table Exo 39:32 – all the Lev 24:4 – the pure Num 3:25 – the charge Num 3:28 – keeping Num 4:15 – These things Num 7:9 – because Num 18:3 – only they Num 31:30 – keep the Deu 10:8 – bear
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Num 3:31. The hanging Which covered the most holy place, for all other hangings belonged to the Gershonites. The service That is, all the other furniture belonging to it.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
3:31 And their charge [shall be] the {l} ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
(l) The main things within the sanctuary were committed to the Kohathites.