Numbers 3:31

Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, ¹  the curtain, and all their service. ² 

Ex 25:10-40; Ex 26:31-33; Ex 27:1-8; Ex 30:1-10; Ex 31:1-35:29; Ex 36:35,36; Ex 37:1-24; Ex 37:25-29; Ex 38:1-7; Ex 39:33-42; Ex 40:2-16,30; Nu 4:4-16

¹ tn The verb is יְשָׁרְתוּ (yÿsharÿtu, “they will serve/minister”). The imperfect tense in this place, however, probably describes what the priests would do, what they used to do. The verb is in a relative clause: “which they would serve with them,” which should be changed to read “with which they would serve.”

² tn The word is literally “its [their] service.” It describes all the implements that were there for the maintenance of these things.