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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Numbers 7:9

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.

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.
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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

1 And it came to passe on the day that Moses had fully set vp the Tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the Altar, and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them: 2 That the Princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, (who were the Princes of the tribes, and were ouer them that were numbred) offered: 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, sixe couered wagons, and twelue oxen: a wagon for two of the Princes, and for each one an oxe, and they brought them before the Tabernacle. 4 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 5 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. 6 And Moses tooke the wagons, and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the Leuites. 7 Two wagons and foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gershon, according to their seruice. 8 And foure wagons and eight oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Merari, according vnto their seruice, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest. 9 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.

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 ye ground the LORD God formed euery beast of the field, and euery foule of the aire, and brought them vnto Adam, to see what he would call them: and whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis 7:6
And Noah was sixe hundred yeeres old, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth.
Genesis 7:9
There went in two and two vnto Noah into the Arke, the male & the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the same day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened.
Genesis 7:12
And the raine was vpon the earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.
Genesis 7:16
And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commaunded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolfe and the lambe shall feede together, and the lyon shall eate straw like the bullocke: and dust shalbe the serpents meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountaine, sayth the Lord.
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea the Storke in the heauen knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow obserue the time of their coming; but my people know not the iudgement of the Lord.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Iewe, nor Greeke, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Iesus.
Colossians 3:11
Where there is neither Greeke, nor Iew, circumcision, nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond, nor free: but Christ is all, and 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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