Numbers 7:9
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
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.
Numbers 7:9 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But 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.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.