Bilangan 3:25

3:25 And ¹  the responsibilities of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

Bilangan 4:31

4:31 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,

Bilangan 17:4

17:4 You must place them ³  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ⁴  where I meet with you.

Bilangan 17:7

17:7 Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. ⁵ 

[3:25]  ¹ tn The disjunctive vav (ו) here introduces a new section, listing the various duties of the clan in the sanctuary. The Gershonites had a long tradition of service here. In the days of David Asaph and his family were prominent as musicians. Others in the clan controlled the Temple treasuries. But in the wilderness they had specific oversight concerning the tent structure, which included the holy place and the holy of holies.

[4:31]  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.

[17:4]  ³ tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.

[17:4]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”

[17:7]  ⁵ tn The name of the tent now attests to the centrality of the ark of the covenant. Instead of the “tent of meeting” (מוֹעֵד, mo’ed) we now find the “the tent of the testimony” (הָעֵדֻת, ha’edut).