Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kohath he gave no wagons or oxen, because they serve in the Sanctuary and they carry their burdens on their shoulders.

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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

8The other four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their offices and service, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

10Therefore, the leaders offered, at the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed, their oblation before the altar.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:4This is the service of the sons of Kohath: the tabernacle of the covenant and the Holy of holies.

2 Samuel 6:3And they placed the ark of God on a new cart. And they took it from the house of Abinadab, who was in Gibeon. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

2 Samuel 6:13And when those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had traveled six steps, he immolated an ox and a ram.

1 Chronicles 15:13Otherwise, as it was before, when the Lord struck us because you were not present, so also it might be now, if we do what is illicit.”

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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