³¹ This is their duty to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,^(A)

³⁶ The responsibility assigned to the sons of Merari was the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories—all the service pertaining to these,^{(A) 37} also the pillars of the court all around, with their bases and pegs and cords.

⁸ and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.^{(A) 9} But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.^(B)

The Framework

¹⁵ “You shall make upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.^(A)