Numbers 7:9
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.
Numbers 7:9 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders. |
| ASV | But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders. |
| YLT | and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary is on them: on the shoulder they bear. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Numbers 7:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 7:6-9
6-9. Moses took the wagons and the oxen--The Hebrew word seems to be fairly rendered by the word "wagons." Wheel carriages of some kind are certainly intended; and as they were covered, the best idea we can form of them is, that they bore some resemblance to our covered wagons. That wheel carriages were anciently used in Egypt, and in what is now Asiatic Turkey, is attested, not only by history, but by existing…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 7:1-9
The offering of the princes to the service of the tabernacle was not made till it was fully set up. Necessary observances must always take place of free-will offerings. The more any are advanced, the greater opportunity they have of serving God and their generation. No sooner was the tabernacle set up, than provision is made for the removal of it. Even when but just settled in the world, we must be preparing for…
Numbers 7:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 7:9
- Numbers 3:31
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
- 2 Samuel 6:13
And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
- Numbers 4:4-16
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: …
- 1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
- 1 Chronicles 15:3
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
- 2 Samuel 6:6
And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
- 1 Chronicles 23:26
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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3:31; 4:4-16; 2Sa 6:6,13; 1Ch 15:3,13; 23:26
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Context
- Numbers 7:8
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.
- Numbers 7:9
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.
- Numbers 7:10
And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
Numbers 7:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y á los hijos de Coath no dió; porque llevaban sobre sí en los hombros el servicio del santuario. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il n’en donna pas aux fils de Kehath, car le service du lieu saint leur appartenait: ils portaient sur l’épaule. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber den Söhnen Kehaths gab er nichts; denn ihnen lag der Dienst des Heiligtums ob: auf der Schulter trugen sie. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filiis autem Caath non dedit plaustra et boves: quia in sanctuario serviunt, et onera propriis portant humeris. |