Numbers 7:7

7 Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants of Gershon {according to their required service};

Numbers 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:7

Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon
The eldest son of Levi:

according to their service;
which was to bear and take care of the curtains, coverings, hangings and rails of the tabernacle; and which, when carrying from place to place, it was proper they should be covered from being exposed to rain and dust; and being so many as they were, must be heavy, burdensome, and cumbersome, and therefore two wagons, with two yoke of oxen, were given them, to ease them.

Numbers 7:7 In-Context

5 "{Take them}, and they will be [used] to do the work of the tent of the assembly; and you will give them to the Levites, each {according to his required service}."

6 So Moses took the utility carts and the cattle, and he gave them to the Levites.

7 Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants of Gershon {according to their required service};

8 and four utility carts and eight cattle he gave to the descendants of Merari {according to their required service}, {under the authority of} Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

9 But to the descendants of Kohath he did not give [anything] because the work of the sanctuary they carried upon them on their shoulders.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "sons"
• [b]. Literally "according to the mouth of their work"