(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Numbers 4: 29-33, “As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 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 ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”
The Tabernacle had two major sections. There were the coverings and the skeleton of boards and pillars. When the Tabernacle was set up in a new place the skeleton of boards was put in place first and then the covers and the curtains were hung on that skeleton. When the Tabernacle was taken down everything had to be done in reverse order. So that nothing would be lost or misplaced the whole process of taking the internal structure of the Tabernacle down was supervised by one man so that Israel would be able to move when the Lord wanted them to move and set up camp when the Lord wanted them to set up camp.
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