Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 3:35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari,…. I think it should rather be rendered, “and the chief of the house”, that is, of the Merarites, “the father to the families of Merari”; the common father to them all, having the chief authority and power over them, and so in Nu 3:24;
[shall be] Zuriel the son of Abihail; of whom we read nowhere else, nor is it certain of which family he was, whether of the Mahlites or Mushites:
[these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward; to the left of it, between that and the camp of Dan.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
shall: Num 3:28, Num 3:29, Num 1:53
northward: Num 2:25
Reciprocal: Num 3:38 – toward 1Ch 5:14 – Abihail