The Gershonites and Merarites were superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s younger son, who had already had the oversight of the tabernacle in its constr…

The boards of the tabernacle, and its bars ... — The duty of the Merarites was to carry the heavier and more cumbersome parts of t…

They had the heaviest load to carry, but they were the more numerous. They carried the solid columns upon which the covering of the tabernacle rest…

And this [is] the charge of their burden
What should be committed to their care and charge, and they should bear and…

We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honorable as the first, yet was necessary and to be done reg…