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JPS Old Testament

Numbers 7:5

'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Carts;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ox, Oxen;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Levi;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Priests and Levites;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Naaman;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
King James Version
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Lexham English Bible
"Take them, and they will be used to do the work of the tent of the assembly; and you will give them to the Levites, each according to his required service."
New Century Version
"Accept these gifts from the leaders and use them in the work of the Meeting Tent. Give them to the Levites as they need them."
New English Translation
"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."
Amplified Bible
"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."
New American Standard Bible
"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
Contemporary English Version
"Accept these gifts, so the Levites can use them here at the sacred tent for carrying the sacred things."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Receive these from them; they are to be used for the service in the tent of meeting. Give them to the L'vi'im, to each as needed for his duties."
Darby Translation
Take it of them, and they shall be for the performance of the service of the tent of meeting, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to each according to his service.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Accept these gifts from the leaders. These gifts can be used in the work of the Meeting Tent. Give them to the Levites to help them do their work."
English Standard Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
George Lamsa Translation
Take the offerings from them, that they may be used to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”
Literal Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Take it of them, that it maye serue for the mynistracion of the Tabernacle of wytnesse, and geue it vnto the Leuites, vnto euery one acordinge to his office.
American Standard Version
Take it of them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Bible in Basic English
Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Take it of them, that they may be to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation, and thou shalt geue them vnto the Leuites, to euery man accordyng vnto his office.
King James Version (1611)
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Take of them, and they shall be for the works of the services of the tabernacle of witness: and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each one according to his ministration.
English Revised Version
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Berean Standard Bible
"Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Take thou of hem, that tho serue in the seruice of the tabernacle, and bitake thou tho to dekenes bi the ordre of her seruice.
Young's Literal Translation
`Receive from them, and they have been to do the service of the tent of meeting, and thou hast given them unto the Levites, each according to his service.'
Update Bible Version
Take it of them, that they may be [used] in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
Webster's Bible Translation
Take [it] of them, that they may be to perform the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
World English Bible
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
New King James Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tabernacle of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
New Living Translation
"Receive their gifts, and use these oxen and wagons for transporting the Tabernacle. Distribute them among the Levites according to the work they have to do."
New Life Bible
"Receive these things from them, that they may be used in the work of the meeting tent. Give them to the Levites, to each man for the work he does."
New Revised Standard
Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each according to his service.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Take them of them, so shall they be for doing the laborious work of the ten of meeting, - and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to the need of his laborious work.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Receive them from them to serve in the ministry of the tabernacle, and thou shalt deliver them to the Levites according to the order of their ministry.
Revised Standard Version
"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them; 2 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered--these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered. 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen: a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox; and they presented them before the tabernacle. 4 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 5 'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.' 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service. 8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Take it: Exodus 25:1-11, Exodus 35:4-10, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 16:3, Isaiah 42:1-7, Isaiah 49:1-8, Ephesians 4:11-13, Titus 3:8

give them: i.e. distribute them among the Levites as they need them; giving most to those who have the heaviest burdens to bear.

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:25 - the curtains Numbers 7:73 - General Hebrews 13:10 - serve

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Exodus 39:32
Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting; and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Exodus 40:16
Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Psalms 119:6
Then should I not be ashamed, when I have regard unto all Thy commandments.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Take [it] of them,.... The present of the wagons and oxen, by which it appears that this freewill offering of the princes was according to his mind and will, and what they were influenced and guided to by his Spirit, and was well pleasing in his sight, and acceptable to him:

that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; be made use of, and employed in carrying the tabernacle, and the things of it, from place to place, when the Israelites journeyed:

and thou shalt give them to the Levites; to ease them, whose business it was to bear and carry the several parts of the tabernacle, and the vessels of it:

to every man according to his service; whether lighter or heavier, for such difference there was in the three divisions of the Levites; and according as their work was, they had more or fewer wagons and oxen given them, as it follows, Numbers 7:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Numbers 7:5. According to his service. — That is, distribute them among the Levites as they may need them, giving most to those who have the heaviest burdens to bear.


 
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