Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kehath he gave not, because they had the work of the sanctuary, and carried upon their shoulders.

Targum Onkelos

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 waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to the need of their work, by the hand of Ithamar bar Aharon the priest.

10And the princes offered at the dedication ( chanucha) of the altar on the day that they anointed it, and the princes presented their oblations before the altar.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:4And this (shall be) the service of the Beni Kehath in the tabernacle of ordinance, the Holy of Holies.

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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