24 "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites , in serving and in carrying : 25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting , 26 and the hangings of the court , and the screen for the doorway of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar , and their cords and all the equipment for their service ; and all that is to be done , they shall perform .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 4:24-26
Commentary on Numbers 4:21-33
(Read Numbers 4:21-33)
We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them by name. It intimates the care God takes of his church and every member of it. The death of the saints is represented as the taking down of the tabernacle, 2 Peter 1:14. All shall be raised up in the great day, when these vile bodies shall be made like the glorious body of Jesus Christ, and so shall be for ever with the Lord.