Numbers 7:9
What does Numbers 7:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 7:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary <FI>is<Fi> on them: on the shoulder they bear.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen: because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, for the service of the sanctuary was upon them: they bore [what they carried] upon the shoulder.
Context
v.8and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
v.9This passage
v.10And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 6:13
And it was so, that, when they that bare the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.
- 1 Chronicles 15:3
And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
- 2 Samuel 6:6
And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.
- Numbers 3:31
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.
- 1 Chronicles 23:26
and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.
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