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New King James Version

Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things, which they carried on 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.
King James Version (1611)
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.
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 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 Now it came to pass, when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; so he anointed them and consecrated them. 2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, who were the leaders of the tribes and over those who were numbered, made an offering. 3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox; and they presented them before the tabernacle. 4 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 5 "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." 6 So Moses took the carts and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. 7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service; 8 and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the authority [fn] of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things, which they carried on 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
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth.
Genesis 7:9
two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:12
And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:16
So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the LORD shut him in.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, The lion shall eat straw like the ox, And dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain," Says the LORD.
Jeremiah 8:7
"Even the stork in the heavens Knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow Observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the LORD.
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:11
where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave 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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