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Numbers 7:9

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Tabernacle;   Wagon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Burnt-Offering, the;   Dedication;   Offerings;   Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carts;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Obed Edom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kohathites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kohath, Kohathites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ox, Oxen;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Kohath;   Service;   Shoulder;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Commandments, the 613;   Kohath;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But to the sons of Kehat he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
King James Version
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
Lexham English Bible
But to the descendants of Kohath he did not give anything because the work of the sanctuary they carried upon them on their shoulders.
New Century Version
Moses did not give any oxen or carts to the Kohathites, because their job was to carry the holy things on their shoulders.
New English Translation
But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.
Amplified Bible
But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing, because they were assigned the care of the holy things which they carried on their shoulders [when the tabernacle was moved].
New American Standard Bible
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath, because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But to the sonnes of Kohath he gaue none, because the charge of the Sanctuarie belonged to them, which they did beare vpon their shoulders.
Legacy Standard Bible
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.
Contemporary English Version
But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were in charge of the sacred objects that had to be carried on their shoulders.
Complete Jewish Bible
But to the descendants of K'hat he gave none, because their duties involved the holy articles, which they carried on their own shoulders.
Darby Translation
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, for the service of the sanctuary was upon them: they bore [what they carried] upon the shoulder.
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses did not give any oxen or wagons to the men in Kohath's group, because their job was to carry the holy things on their shoulders.
English Standard Version
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
George Lamsa Translation
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary assigned to them was that they should carry upon their shoulders.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.
Literal Translation
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath, because the service of the holy things belonged to them. They bore them on their shoulders.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But vnto the children of Rahath he gaue nothynge, because they had an holy office vpon them, and must beare vpo their shulders.
American Standard Version
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.
Bible in Basic English
But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But vnto the sonnes of Caath he gaue none: because the charge of the sanctuarie belonged vnto them, which they dyd beare vpon shoulders.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the holy things belonged unto them: they bore them upon their shoulders.
King James Version (1611)
But vnto the sonnes of Kohath he gaue none: because the seruice of the Sanctuary belonging vnto them, was that they should beare vpon their shoulders.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But to the sons of Caath he gave them not, because they have the ministrations of the sacred things: they shall bear them on their shoulders.
English Revised Version
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe he yaf not waynes and oxun to the sones of Caath, for thei seruen in the seyntuarye, and beren chargis with her owne schuldris.
Young's Literal Translation
and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary [is] on them: on the shoulder they bear.
Update Bible Version
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they bore it on their shoulders.
Webster's Bible Translation
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders.
World English Bible
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
New King James Version
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders.
New Living Translation
But he gave none of the wagons or oxen to the Kohathite division, since they were required to carry the sacred objects of the Tabernacle on their shoulders.
New Life Bible
But Moses did not give any to the sons of Kohath. They had the duty of taking care of the holy objects which had to be carried on their shoulders.
New Revised Standard
But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, unto the sons of Kohath, gave he none, - because as to the laborious work of the sanctuary which pertained unto them, upon their shoulders, were they to carry it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen: because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.
Revised Standard Version
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things which had to be carried on the shoulder.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

Contextual Overview

1On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils. 2And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These men were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration. 3They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen-an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders-and presented them before the tabernacle. 4And the LORD said to Moses, 5"Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service." 6So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required, 8and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

because: Numbers 3:31, Numbers 4:4-16, 2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:13, 1 Chronicles 15:3, 1 Chronicles 15:13, 1 Chronicles 23:26

Reciprocal: Exodus 36:1 - for the service Numbers 4:15 - after that Numbers 4:31 - the charge Numbers 10:21 - the Kohathites 2 Samuel 6:3 - set 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing 1 Chronicles 15:2 - None ought to 1 Chronicles 15:15 - bare the ark

Cross-References

Genesis 2:19
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Genesis 7:6
Now Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters came upon the earth.
Genesis 7:9
came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two, male and female, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:12
And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:16
And they entered, the male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will do no harm nor destruction on all My holy mountain," says the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush observe their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none,.... Being all disposed of to the sons of Gershon and Merari: the reason of which follows,

because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders; as the ark with the mercy seat, and cherubim, the shewbread table, the candlestick, and the two altars; though in later times we find the ark was sometimes not only carried by the priests, but upon a cart, Joshua 3:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the Gershonites, who had to transport the hangings and coverings of the tabernacle, two wagons are assigned: to the Merarites, who had the charge of the solid parts of the tabernacle, four wagons. The furniture and vessels the Kohathites were to carry on their own shoulders. Compare Numbers 3:25-26, Numbers 3:31, Numbers 3:36-37.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 7:9. Unto the sons of Kohath he gave none — Because they had the charge of the ark, table, candlestick, altars, c., Numbers 4:5-15, which were to be carried upon their shoulders for those sacred things must not be drawn by beasts.


 
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