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Green's Literal Translation

Numbers 7:7

He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.

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,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Two charets and foure oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Gershon, according vnto their office.
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,
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 And it happened on the day that Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it, and sanctified it, and all its vessels, and the altar and all its vessels. And he anointed them and sanctified them. 2 And the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of their fathers' houses offered. These were the rulers of the tribes, these were they that stood over the numbered ones. 3 And they brought their offerings before Jehovah, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the rulers, for each one an ox. And they presented them before the tabernacle. 4 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 5 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. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7 He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service. 8 And he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service under Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 9 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.

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
And I will establish My covenant with you. And you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
And Jehovah said to Noah, You and all your house come into the ark, for I have seen you righteous before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:13
In this same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark;
Genesis 7:15
And they went in to Noah and to the ark, two and two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life.
Proverbs 22:3
A sensible one sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple go on and are punished.
Matthew 24:38
For as they were in the days before the flood: eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah went into the ark.
Luke 17:27
They were eating, drinking, marrying, giving in marriage, until the day Noah went into the ark. And the flood came and destroyed all.
Hebrews 6:18
that through two unchangeable things, in which it was not possible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, those having fled to lay hold on the hope set before us ,
Hebrews 11:7
Being divinely warned by God about the things not yet having been seen, moved with fear, by faith Noah prepared an ark for the salvation of his house; through which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness according to faith.
1 Peter 3:20
to disobeying ones, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, an ark having been prepared, into which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through 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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