Numbers 7:9

But unto the sons of Kehath he gave none; because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them, they were to bear upon their shoulders.

Leeser Tanakh

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 of the wagons and eight of the oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

10The princes also offered for the dedicating of the altar on the day that it was anointed; and the princes presented their offering before the altar.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:4This shall be the service of the sons of Kehath at the tabernacle of the congregation: The most holy things.

2 Samuel 6:3And they conveyed the ark of God in a new wagon, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was on the hill; and 'Uzzah and Achyo, the sons of Abinadab, guided the new wagon.

2 Samuel 6:13And it happened, that when the bearers of the ark of the Lord had progressed six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

1 Chronicles 15:13For, because ye [did] it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach among us; because we had not sought him after the prescribed manner.

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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