the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 26. Thereof. The Gersonites had the care of the veils around the court, and of the cords and gates. The priests guarded the tabernacle, verse 32. The sons of Caath carried the altars, (verse 31,) and the Merarites took care of the cords, which were attached to the pillars of the court, verse 37. Hebrew may be translated “(among the vessels of) the tabernacle, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the sanctuary, (or tabernacle of the congregation) and the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is beside the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords belonging to the service of the tabernacle.” Calmet.—Whatsoever, in the Vulg. must only be referred to the curtains.