KJV King James Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
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Numbers 7:7
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
WEB World English Bible
He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
ASV American Standard Version
Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The two of the waggons and the four of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
Surrounding context — Numbers 7
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.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
8 And 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.
9 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.
10 And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֵ֣ת׀H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁתֵּ֣יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoהָעֲגָלֹ֗תH5699 · a.ga.lahcartוְאֵת֙H853 · et[Obj.]אַרְבַּ֣עַתH702 · ar.bafourהַבָּקָ֔רH1241 · ba.qarcattleנָתַ֖ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childגֵרְשׁ֑וֹןH1648 · ge.re.shonGershonכְּפִ֖יH6310 · pehlipעֲבֹדָתָֽם׃H5656 · a.vo.dahservice
Cross-references
Numbers 3:25-26And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,Numbers 4:24-28This [is] the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
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