* the charge.
   From this and the next chapter, we see the very severe labour
   which the Levites were to perform, while the journeyings of
   the Israelites lasted.  When we consider, that there was not
   less than 14; tons 266; lbs. of metal employed in the
   tabernacle, (see note on Ex 38:24,) besides the immense
   weight of the skins, hangings, cords, boards, and posts, we
   shall find it was no easy matter to transport this moveable
   temple from place to place.  The Gershonites, who were 7,500
   in number had to carry the tent, coverings, vail, hangings of
   the court, cords, etc. (ver. 25, 26); the Kohathites, who
   were 8,600, the ark, table, candlestick, altars, and
   instruments of the sanctuary (ver. 31); and the Merarites,
   who were 6,200, the boards, bars, sockets, and all matters
   connected with these belonging to the tabernacle, with the
   pillars of the court, their sockets, pins, and cords (ver.
   36, 37).

  7  4:24-28  7:7  10:17  1Ch 9:14-33  23:32  26:21,22 
  2Ch 31:2,11-18  Ezr 8:28-30  Mr 13:34  Ro 12:6-8  Col 4:17 
  1Ti 1:18 
 * the tabernacle and.
  Ex 25:9  26:1-14  36:8-19  40:19 
 * and the hanging.
  Ex 26:36,37  36:37,38  40:28