Discovery BoxNumbers 3:36 
Context3:36 The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things, 1
Numbers 4:31
Context4:31 This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames 2 of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,
1 tn Heb “and all their service.” This could possibly be a hendiadys: “and all their working tools.” However, the parallel with v. 26 suggests this is a separate phrase.
2 sn More recent studies have concluded that these “boards” were made of two long uprights joined by cross-bars (like a ladder). They were frames rather than boards, meaning that the structure under the tent was not a solid building. It also meant that the “boards” would have been lighter to carry.
