Numbers 4:10

4:10 Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam. ¹ 

Numbers 10:21

10:21 And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; ²  the tabernacle was to be set up ³  before they arrived. ⁴ 

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¹ tn The “pole” or “bar” (מוֹט, mot) is of a different style than the poles used for transporting the ark. It seems to be a flexible bar carried by two men with the implements being transported tied to the bar. The NEB suggests the items were put in a bag and slung over the bar, but there is no indication of the manner.

² tn Heb “carrying the sanctuary,” a metonymy of whole for parts, representing all the holy objects that were located in the sanctuary.

³ tn The verb is the third person plural form; without an expressed subject it is treated as a passive.

⁴ tn Heb “against their coming.”