Numbers 10:17
10:17 Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.
Numbers 10:21
10:21 And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; 1 the tabernacle was to be set up 2 before they arrived. 3
1 tn Heb “carrying the sanctuary,” a metonymy of whole for parts, representing all the holy objects that were located in the sanctuary.
2 tn The verb is the third person plural form; without an expressed subject it is treated as a passive.
3 tn Heb “against their coming.”