Numbers 7:9

Overview - Numbers 7
The offering of the princes at the dedication of the tabernacle.
10 Their several offerings at the dedication of the altar.
89 God speaks to Moses from the mercy seat.
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Numbers 7:9  (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.
 


unto the
Because they had the charge of the ark, table, candlestick, altars, etc
(ch. 4:4-15, ) which were to be carried upon their shoulders: for those sacred things must not be drawn by beasts.

because
3:31 4:4-16 2 Samuel 6:6 2 Samuel 6:13 ; 1 Chronicles 15:3 1 Chronicles 15:13 ; 23:26