9But 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

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.

Numbers 7:9 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things, for which they were responsible.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen: because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9and to the sons of Kohath he hath not given, for the service of the sanctuary is on them: on the shoulder they bear.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should bear on their shoulders.