KJV King James Version
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
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Numbers 7:3
And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.
WEB World English Bible
and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
ASV American Standard Version
and they brought their oblation before Jehovah, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they presented them before the tabernacle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
yea, they bring their offering before Jehovah, six waggons covered, and twelve oxen—a waggon for two of the princes, and an ox for one—and they bring them near before the tabernacle.
Surrounding context — Numbers 7
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 wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
4 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5 Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
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וַיָּבִ֨יאוּH935 · boto come (in): comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]קָרְבָּנָ֜םH7133 · qor.banofferingלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֗הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDשֵׁשׁ־H8337 · sheshsixעֶגְלֹ֥תH5699 · a.ga.lahcartצָב֙H6632 · tsavlitterוּשְׁנֵ֣יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoעָשָׂ֣רH6240 · a.sartenבָּקָ֔רH1241 · ba.qarcattleעֲגָלָ֛הH5699 · a.ga.lahcartעַל־H5921 · aluponשְׁנֵ֥יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoהַנְּשִׂאִ֖יםH5387 · na.sileaderוְשׁ֣וֹרH7794 · shorcattleלְאֶחָ֑דH259 · e.chadoneוַיַּקְרִ֥יבוּH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeאוֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]לִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמִּשְׁכָּֽן׃H4908 · mish.kantabernacle
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