Numbers 7:9

But to the sonnes of Kohath he gaue none, because the charge of the Sanctuarie belonged to them, which they did beare vpon their shoulders.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 foure charets and eight oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Merari according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

10The princes also offered in the dedication for the altar in the day that it was anoynted: then the princes offered their offering before the altar.

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Cross References

Numbers 4:4This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregation about the Holiest of all.

2 Samuel 6:3And they put the Arke of God vpon a newe cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah. And Vzzah and Ahio the sonnes of Abinadab did driue the newe carte.

2 Samuel 6:13And when they that bare the Arke of the Lord had gone sixe paces, he offred an oxe, and a fatte beast.

1 Chronicles 15:13For because ye were not there at the first, the Lord our God made a breach among vs: for we sought him not after due order.

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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