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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 3:36
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, etc.] Both of the holy and the most holy place, which were the walls of the tabernacle, and which were covered with curtains; these when taken down for journeying were committed to the care of the Merarites; and because these, with what, follow, were a heavy carriage, they were allowed wagons to carry them; and who on this account had more wagons given them than to the Gershonites, for the Kohathites had none, (<040706>Numbers 7:6-9); and the bars thereof; which kept the boards tight and close, (see <022626> Exodus 26:26); and the pillars thereof; the pillars on which the vail was hung, that divided between the holy and most holy place, and, on which the hanging was put for the door of the vail, (<022632>Exodus 26:32,37); and the sockets thereof; in which both the boards and pillars were put, (<022619>Exodus 26:19,32,37).
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