KJV 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.
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Numbers 7:9
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
WEB World English Bible
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
ASV American Standard Version
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary is on them: on the shoulder they bear.
Surrounding context — Numbers 7
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.
12 And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:
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1 Chronicles 15:13For because ye [did it] not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.Numbers 4:4-16This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things:Numbers 3:31And 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 hanging, and all the service thereof.2 Samuel 6:13And it was [so], that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.2 Samuel 6:6And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook [it].1 Chronicles 15:3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.1 Chronicles 23:26And also unto the Levites; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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