Numbers 7:7

7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, according to their 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 Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each according to his service.

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

7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, according to their service;

8 and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

9 But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.