Numeri 7:5

5 "Prendili da loro per impiegarli al servizio della tenda di convegno, e dalli ai Leviti; a ciascuno secondo le sue funzioni".

Numeri 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:5

Take [it] of them
The present of the wagons and oxen, by which it appears that this freewill offering of the princes was according to his mind and will, and what they were influenced and guided to by his Spirit, and was well pleasing in his sight, and acceptable to him:

that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation;
be made use of, and employed in carrying the tabernacle, and the things of it, from place to place, when the Israelites journeyed:

and thou shalt give them to the Levites;
to ease them, whose business it was to bear and carry the several parts of the tabernacle, and the vessels of it:

to every man according to his service;
whether lighter or heavier, for such difference there was in the three divisions of the Levites; and according as their work was, they had more or fewer wagons and oxen given them, as it follows, ( Numbers 7:7 Numbers 7:8 ) .

Numeri 7:5 In-Context

3 e la portarono davanti all’Eterno: sei carri-lettiga e dodici buoi; vale a dire un carro per due principi e un bove per ogni principe; e li offrirono davanti al tabernacolo.

4 E l’Eterno parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

5 "Prendili da loro per impiegarli al servizio della tenda di convegno, e dalli ai Leviti; a ciascuno secondo le sue funzioni".

6 Mosè prese dunque i carri e i buoi, e li dette ai Leviti.

7 Dette due carri e quattro buoi ai figliuoli di Gherson, secondo le loro funzioni;