Numbers 7:6

6 And so when Moses had taken the wains, and the oxen, he betook them to the deacons. (And so when Moses had received the wagons, and the oxen, he gave them to the Levites.)

Numbers 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 7:6

And Moses took the wagons and the oxen
Of the princes, as he was directed:

and gave them unto the Levites;
the Gershonites and Merarites; for, as for the Kohathites, they had no part of them, for a reason after given, ( Numbers 7:9 ) .

Numbers 7:6 In-Context

4 Soothly the Lord said to Moses,
5 Take thou of them, that they serve in the service of the tabernacle, and betake thou those things to the deacons, by the order of their service. (Receive thou these gifts from them, to use in service for the Tabernacle, and give thou them to the Levites, according to the order of their service.)
6 And so when Moses had taken the wains, and the oxen, he betook them to the deacons. (And so when Moses had received the wagons, and the oxen, he gave them to the Levites.)
7 He gave two wains and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, after that (that) they had need (of).
8 He gave four other wains and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, by their offices and religion (for their duties and their service), under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron, the priest.
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