This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon,.... Which they should execute when the camp and tabernacle were in motion:in the tabernacle of the congregation in the court; where they should take up their burdens, or which lie in things respecting the tabernacle; this was the part they were to be employed in, namely, in taking care of the hangings of the tabernacle, &c.
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Numbers 4:28
Numbers 4:28
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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