God’s Word Translation
Numbers 7:6
6Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
Numbers 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
- New International Version (NIV)So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Moses took the carts and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
Context of Numbers 7:6
4The Lord said to Moses, 5“Accept these gifts from them to use in the work done for the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites to use wherever they need these gifts for their work.” Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonites for the work they had to do. 8He gave four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarites for the work they had to do under the direction of Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron.
Read all of Numbers 7Numbers 7:6 word by word
וַיִּקַּ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־הָעֲגָלֹ֖ת וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֑ר וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אוֹתָ֖ם אֶל־הַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Commentaries on Numbers 7:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-9The same tribal leaders who helped with the registration in chapter 1 also appear in 7:2–3. The non-Levitical tribes gave the Gershonites and Merarites wagons and oxen to move the heavy parts of the tabernacle and other items (see chapter 4). These vehicles and animals were the first offerings from the Hebrew tribes (7:2). The tribal leaders also presented these practical gifts along with the more elaborate offerings they dedicated (7:10, 12–83).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. Moses took the wagons and the oxen--The Hebrew word seems to be fairly rendered by the word "wagons." Wheel carriages of some kind are certainly intended; and as they were covered, the best idea we can form of them is, that they bore some resemblance to our covered wagons. That wheel carriages were anciently used in Egypt, and in what is now Asiatic Turkey, is attested, not only by history, but by existing sculptures and paintings. Some of these the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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