KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 7:8
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
WEB World English Bible
and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the four of the waggons and the eight of the oxen he hath given to the sons of Merari, according to their service, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest;
Surrounding context — Numbers 7
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.
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of 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.
וְאֵ֣ת׀H853 · et[Obj.]אַרְבַּ֣עH702 · ar.bafourהָעֲגָלֹ֗תH5699 · a.ga.lahcartוְאֵת֙H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמֹנַ֣תH8083 · she.mo.neheightהַבָּקָ֔רH1241 · ba.qarcattleנָתַ֖ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִבְנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childמְרָרִ֑יH4847 · me.ra.riMerariכְּפִי֙H6310 · pehlipעֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔םH5656 · a.vo.dahserviceבְּיַד֙H3027 · yadhandאִֽיתָמָ֔רH385 · i.ta.marIthamarבֶּֽן־H1121 · benson: childאַהֲרֹ֖ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronהַכֹּהֵֽן׃H3548 · ko.henpriest
Cross-references
Numbers 4:28-33This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge [shall be] under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.Numbers 3:36-37And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
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