Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 4:31
And this [is] the charge of their burden, 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,
Which were as the feet upon which the pillars stood; of which see Exo 38:27.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And this [is] the charge of their burden,…. What should be committed to their care and charge, and they should bear and carry:
according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; which was assigned to them as their part, and which was very heavy and cumbersome, and therefore they had wagons allowed them, Nu 7:8;
the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof; all these belonged to the holy and to the most holy place; see Ex 26:15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Num 4:31 and Num 4:32, like Num 3:36 and Num 3:37. “ The charge of their burden ” (their carrying), i.e., the things which it was their duty to carry.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(31) The boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof . . . The duty of the Merarites was to carry the heavier and more cumbersome parts of the Tabernacle and the court; and it is probably on this account that, in their case, the specific duties of each were assigned to them by name (Num. 4:32). The description of the several portions of the Tabernacle and Court here enumerated is found in Exodus 26, 36.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
the charge: Num 3:36, Num 3:37, Num 7:8, Num 7:9
the boards: Exo 26:15
Reciprocal: Exo 26:19 – forty sockets of silver Exo 26:26 – bars of shittim wood Num 4:24 – burdens Num 4:49 – every one