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Numbers 7:7

He gave two carts and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service [in transporting the tabernacle];

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;
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

1On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it and all its furniture, and the altar and all its utensils; he also anointed them and consecrated them [for holy use]. 2Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' households, made offerings. (These were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who were over the men who were numbered.) 3They brought their offering before the LORD, six covered carts and twelve oxen; a cart for each two of the leaders and an ox for each one; and they presented them before the tabernacle. 4Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 5"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." 6So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7He gave two carts and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service [in transporting the tabernacle];8and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service [in transporting the tabernacle], under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron, the [high] priest. 9But 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].

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 establish My covenant (solemn promise, formal agreement) with you; and you shall come into the ark—you and your [three] sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you with all your household, for you [alone] I have seen as righteous (doing what is right) before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:13
On the very 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, entered the ark,
Genesis 7:15
So they went into the ark with Noah, two by two of all living beings in which there was the breath and spirit of life.
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent and far-sighted person sees the evil [of sin] and hides himself [from it], But the naive continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].
Matthew 24:38
"For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark,
Luke 17:27
the people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, [they were indifferent to God] until the day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith.
1 Peter 3:20
who once were disobedient, when the great patience of God was waiting in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons [Noah's family], were brought safely through 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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