Numbers 4:31

“And this is the charge of their load, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the dwelling, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases,”

Numbers 4:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:31, word by word

the chargeמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret

charge

What one is entrusted to keep or carry out.

Where else “mishmeret” appears
of their loadמַשָּׂאָmasaa

burden

A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.

Where else “masaa” appears
their serviceעֲבֹדָתָavodata

service

The sacred tasks of the Levites in the tabernacle and the temple.

Where else “avodata” appears
in the tentאֹהֶלohel

tabernacle

Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.

Where else “ohel” appears
of meetingמוֹעֵדmoed

meeting

An appointment with God: the tent where he meets his people.

Where else “moed” appears
the framesקַרְשֵׁיkarshe

board, frame

Board, plank; it may also be a wooden frame. Once it is the deck of a ship (Ezekiel 27:6).

Where else “karshe” appears
of the dwellingמִּשְׁכָּןmishkan

dwelling

The holy tent where YHWH lived among Israel.

Where else “mishkan” appears
and its barsבְרִיחָיverichay

crossbar

A long beam that holds boards together.

Where else “verichay” appears
and its pillarsעַמּוּדָיamuday

pillar, column

Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.

Where else “amuday” appears
and its basesאֲדָנָיadanay

base

Base, pedestal on which a board or a pillar rests; also the foundations of the earth (Job 38:6).

Where else “adanay” appears

The context

30from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall count them, everyone who enters the ranks to do the service of the tent of meeting.

31 · This verse (above)

32and the pillars of the court all around, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their utensils and with all their service; and by names you shall assign the utensils of the charge of their load.

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