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Numbers 7:7

He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required;

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.
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,
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 When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils. 2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering. 3 They brought their offering before the Lord , six covered carts and twelve oxen—one cart for every two of the leaders, and an ox for each one; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle. 4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 5 "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." 6 So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required; 8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 9 But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.

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 I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.
Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons' three wives.
Genesis 7:15
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.
Proverbs 22:3
A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
Matthew 24:38
For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27
People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage—right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered 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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