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Contemporary English Version

Numbers 7:5

"Accept these gifts, so the Levites can use them here at the sacred tent for carrying the sacred things."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carts;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ox, Oxen;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priests and Levites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Naaman;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
King James Version
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Lexham English Bible
"Take them, and they will be used to do the work of the tent of the assembly; and you will give them to the Levites, each according to his required service."
New Century Version
"Accept these gifts from the leaders and use them in the work of the Meeting Tent. Give them to the Levites as they need them."
New English Translation
"Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires."
Amplified Bible
"Accept these things from them, so that they may be used in the service of the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
New American Standard Bible
"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Take these of them, that they may be to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, to euery man according vnto his office.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Receive these from them; they are to be used for the service in the tent of meeting. Give them to the L'vi'im, to each as needed for his duties."
Darby Translation
Take it of them, and they shall be for the performance of the service of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to each according to his service.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Accept these gifts from the leaders. These gifts can be used in the work of the Meeting Tent. Give them to the Levites to help them do their work."
English Standard Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
George Lamsa Translation
Take the offerings from them, that they may be used to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”
Literal Translation
Take it from them, that they may be used to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. And you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take it of them, that it maye serue for the mynistracion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and geue it vnto the Leuites, vnto euery one acordinge to his office.
American Standard Version
Take it of them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Bible in Basic English
Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take it of them, that they may be to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation, and thou shalt geue them vnto the Leuites, to euery man accordyng vnto his office.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.'
King James Version (1611)
Take it of them, that they may be to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt giue them vnto the Leuites, to euery man according to his seruice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take of them, and they shall be for the works of the services of the tabernacle of witness: and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each one according to his ministration.
English Revised Version
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Berean Standard Bible
"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."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take thou of hem, that tho serue in the seruice of the tabernacle, and bitake thou tho to dekenes bi the ordre of her seruice.
Young's Literal Translation
`Receive from them, and they have been to do the service of the tent of meeting, and thou hast given them unto the Levites, each according to his service.'
Update Bible Version
Take it of them, that they may be [used] in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take [it] of them, that they may be to perform the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
World English Bible
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
New King James Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tabernacle of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
New Living Translation
"Receive their gifts, and use these oxen and wagons for transporting the Tabernacle. Distribute them among the Levites according to the work they have to do."
New Life Bible
"Receive these things from them, that they may be used in the work of the meeting tent. Give them to the Levites, to each man for the work he does."
New Revised Standard
Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each according to his service.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take them of them, so shall they be for doing the laborious work of the ten of meeting, - and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to the need of his laborious work.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Receive them from them to serve in the ministry of the tabernacle, and thou shalt deliver them to the Levites according to the order of their ministry.
Revised Standard Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."

Contextual Overview

1 When Moses had finished setting up the sacred tent, he dedicated it to the Lord , together with its furnishings, the altar, and its equipment. 2 Then the twelve tribal leaders of Israel, the same men who had been in charge of counting the people, came to the tent 3 with gifts for the Lord . They brought six strong carts and twelve oxen—one ox from each leader and a cart from every two. 4 The Lord said to Moses, 5 "Accept these gifts, so the Levites can use them here at the sacred tent for carrying the sacred things." 6 Then Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites, 7who were under the leadership of Ithamar son of Aaron. Moses gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites for their work, and four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites for their work. 9 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take it: Exodus 25:1-11, Exodus 35:4-10, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 16:3, Isaiah 42:1-7, Isaiah 49:1-8, Ephesians 4:11-13, Titus 3:8

give them: i.e. distribute them among the Levites as they need them; giving most to those who have the heaviest burdens to bear.

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:25 - the curtains Numbers 7:73 - General Hebrews 13:10 - serve

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything the Lord told him to do.
Exodus 39:32
So the people of Israel finished making everything the Lord had told Moses to make.
Exodus 40:16
Moses followed the Lord 's instructions.
Psalms 119:6
Thinking about your commands will keep me from doing some foolish thing.
Matthew 3:15
Jesus answered, "For now this is how it should be, because we must do all that God wants us to do." Then John agreed.
Luke 8:21
Jesus answered, "My mother and my brothers are those people who hear and obey God's message."
John 2:5
Mary then said to the servants, "Do whatever Jesus tells you to do."
John 13:17
You know these things, and God will bless you, if you do them.
Philippians 2:8
Christ was humble. He obeyed God and even died on a cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take [it] of them,.... The present of the wagons and oxen, by which it appears that this freewill offering of the princes was according to his mind and will, and what they were influenced and guided to by his Spirit, and was well pleasing in his sight, and acceptable to him:

that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; be made use of, and employed in carrying the tabernacle, and the things of it, from place to place, when the Israelites journeyed:

and thou shalt give them to the Levites; to ease them, whose business it was to bear and carry the several parts of the tabernacle, and the vessels of it:

to every man according to his service; whether lighter or heavier, for such difference there was in the three divisions of the Levites; and according as their work was, they had more or fewer wagons and oxen given them, as it follows, Numbers 7:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 7:5. According to his service. — That is, distribute them among the Levites as they may need them, giving most to those who have the heaviest burdens to bear.


 
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