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

Ye shall reckon. —Better, you shall assign or appoint. (See Note on the preceding verse.)

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 the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets ,
and their pins, and their cords