They are also to carry the curtains for the courtyard walls that surround the Tabernacle and altar, the curtain across the courtyard entrance, the ropes, and all the equipment related to their use. The Gershonites are responsible for all these items.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about. —Or, which are ... The curtains or hangings enclosed the whole of the co…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

There was a wise division of labor. I wish we had the same kind of thing in every church, and that every member occupied himself in that to which G…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the hangings of the court
Which made the great court that surrounded the tabernacle, (Exodus 27:9);<…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…