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Numbers 7:7

Two charets and foure oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Gershon, according vnto their office.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carts;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Animals;   Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Wagon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Cart, Wagon;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Ithamar;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershon, Gershonites ;   Ox, Oxen;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cart,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Ox;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cart;   Gershon;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
King James Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
Lexham English Bible
Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants of Gershon according to their required service;
New Century Version
He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, which they needed for their work.
New English Translation
He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;
Amplified Bible
He gave two carts and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service [in transporting the tabernacle];
New American Standard Bible
Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
Legacy Standard Bible
Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
Contemporary English Version
who 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.
Complete Jewish Bible
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the descendants of Gershon, in keeping with the needs of their duties.
Darby Translation
Two waggons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;
Easy-to-Read Version
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the men in Gershon's group. They needed the wagons and the oxen for their work.
English Standard Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
George Lamsa Translation
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,
Literal Translation
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Two charettes and foure oxen gaue he vnto ye children of Gerson acordinge to their office:
American Standard Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
Bible in Basic English
Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Two charettes and foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gerson, accordyng vnto their office.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
King James Version (1611)
Two wagons and foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gershon, according to their seruice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he gave two waggons and four oxen to the sons of Gedson, according to their ministrations.
English Revised Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
Berean Standard Bible
He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He yaf twei waynes and foure oxun to the sones of Gerson, bi that that thei hadden nedeful.
Young's Literal Translation
The two of the waggons and the four of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
Update Bible Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
Webster's Bible Translation
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
World English Bible
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
New King James Version
Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;
New Living Translation
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonite division for their work,
New Life Bible
He gave two wagons and four bulls to the sons of Gershon, for the work they were doing.
New Revised Standard
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, according to their service;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
two of the waggons and four of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Gershon, - according to the need of their laborious work;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gerson, according to their necessity.
Revised Standard Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,

Contextual Overview

1 Nowe when Moses had finished the setting vp of the Tabernacle, and anointed it & sanctified it, and all the instrumentes thereof, and the altar with al the instruments thereof, and had anoynted them and sanctified them, 2 Then the princes of Israel, heads ouer the houses of their fathers (they were the princes of the tribes, who were ouer them that were nombred) offred, 3 And brought their offring before the Lord, sixe couered charets, and twelue oxen: one charet for two princes, and for euery one an oxe, and they offred them before the Tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 5 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. 6 So Moses tooke the charets and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the Leuites: 7 Two charets and foure oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Gershon, according vnto their office. 8 And foure charets and eight oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Merari according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest. 9 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Two wagons: Numbers 3:25, Numbers 3:26, Numbers 4:24-28

sons of Gershon: The Gershonites being fewest in number of able men, had the less burdensome things to carry; for they carried only the curtains, coverings, and hangings - Numbers 4:25, Numbers 4:40. And although this was a cumbersome carriage, and they needed waggons, yet it was not a heavy one, and they needed few.

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my couenant, and thou shalt goe into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said vnto Noah, Enter thou and all thine house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me in this age.
Genesis 7:13
In the selfe same day entred Noah with Shem, and Ham and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them into the Arke.
Genesis 7:15
For they came to Noah into ye Arke, two and two, of all flesh wherein is ye breath of life.
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
Matthew 24:38
For as in the dayes before the flood, they did eate and drinke, marrie, and giue in mariage, vnto the day that Noe entred into the Arke,
Luke 17:27
They ate, they dranke, they married wiues, and gaue in marriage vnto the day that Noe went into the Arke: and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
Which were in time passed disobedient, when once the long suffering of God abode in the dayes of Noe, while the Arke was preparing, wherein fewe, that is, eight soules were saued in the water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,.... The eldest son of Levi:

according to their service; which was to bear and take care of the curtains, coverings, hangings and rails of the tabernacle; and which, when carrying from place to place, it was proper they should be covered from being exposed to rain and dust; and being so many as they were, must be heavy, burdensome, and cumbersome, and therefore two wagons, with two yoke of oxen, were given them, to ease them.

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 7:7. Two wagons - unto the sons of Gershon — The Gershonites carried only the curtains, coverings, and hangings, Numbers 4:25. And although this was a cumbersome carriage, and they needed the wagons, yet it was not a heavy one.


 
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