Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.

Bible in Basic English

In The 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.

In Context

8And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

10And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it; they made their offering before the altar.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:4And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.

2 Samuel 6:3And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

2 Samuel 6:13And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.

1 Chronicles 15:13For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:2-10

The Offerings of the Princes. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; 2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord , six covered waggons, and twelve… Read the whole commentary →

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