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‏ Numbers 7:8-9

the sons Though the Merarites were the most numerous, yet they had the greatest burden, namely, the boards, bars, pillars, and sockets, to carry (Num 4:31-32, Num 4:48). Therefore they had double the number of waggons to what the Gershonites had assigned them.

unto the Because they had the charge of the ark, table, candlestick, altars, etc. (Num 4:4-15), which were to be carried upon their shoulders. For those sacred things must not be drawn by beasts.

because Num 3:31, Num 4:4-16; 2Sam 6:6, 2Sam 6:13; 1Chr 15:3, 1Chr 15:13, 1Chr 23:26