In the tabernacle of the congregation.—Better, in the tent of meeting. It is important to distinguish between the ohe…

And the charge of the sons of Gershom, the Libnites and Shimites: in the tabernacle of the congregation<…

The Levites were in three cla es according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendants…