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and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.
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Accountability by Name
Commentators explain that the phrase 'by name ye shall appoint' established a system of individual accountability. Each Levite was assigned specific items, from large pillars to small pins, ensuring a fair distribution of labor and that no piece was lost. This highlights God's emphasis on order, personal responsibility, and the importance of every single part.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The Gershonites and Merarites were superintended by Ithamar, Aaron’s younger son, who had already had the oversight of the tabernacle in its constr…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye shall reckon. —Better, you shall assign or appoint. (See Note on the preceding verse.)
Baptist
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets , and their pins, and their cords
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…
