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.


In Context

6 So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their work required,

8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.

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

10 When the altar was anointed, the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.

11 For the Lord had said to Moses, "Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the dedication of the altar."

Numbers 7:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9But 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.

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.