and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox. They presented them before the tabernacle.
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and they brought their offering before Yahweh, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox. They presented them before the tabernacle.
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And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
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And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen: a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox; and they presented them before the tabernacle.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Like horse litters, to keep the things that were…
Like horse litters, to keep the things that were carried in them from weather.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Covered wagons, for the more convenient and safe carriage…
Covered wagons, for the more convenient and safe carriage of such things as were most cumbersome.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they brought their offering before the Lord,.... Before…
And they brought their offering before the Lord,.... Before the tabernacle, as it is afterwards explained, where he had now taken up his habitation:
six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; according to the number of the twelve tribes, of which they were princes, two oxen for each wagon, which were to carry the tabernacle, and its vessels, from place to place; and which wagons were covered, not only to hide the things to be put into them from the sight of the people, being sacred, but to preserve them from the rain and dust, and the like; and no doubt, but as they were made of the best materials, So they were covered with rich coverings for the honour of the vessels put into them, being the presents of princes, and in which they joined, and could not be ordinary carriages. The word is rendered "litters" in Isa 66:20; and by some, "coaches"; the Targum of Jonathan is,"six wagons yoked,''or drawn with a yoke of oxen; and Aben Ezra says, it signifies a kind of oxen which drew wagons; but the Targum of Jonathan, Jarchi, and Ben Gersom interpret it "covered", as we do:
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a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox; two princes joined in the present of one wagon, which shows it could not be a common wagon, but rich carriage, and ornamented, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; and each prince presented an ox, so that there was a yoke of them for each wagon:
and they brought them before the tabernacle; the Targum of Jonathan says, Moses would not receive them, and therefore they brought them before the tabernacle; and so, says Jarchi, Moses received them not at their hands, until it was declared to him by the mouth of the Lord what he should do, as follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Waggons - For the more convenient and safe carriage…
Waggons - For the more convenient and safe carriage of such things as were most cumbersome.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Six covered wagons] שש עגלת צב shesh…
Verse 3. Six covered wagons] שש עגלת צב shesh egloth tsab, six tilted wagons, the Septuagint translate ἑξ ἁμαξας λαμπηνικας, with which the Coptic agrees; but what lampenic chariots were, no person pretends to know. Covered or tilted is probably the meaning of the original. The wagons were given for the more convenient exporting of the heavier parts of the tabernacle, which could not be conveniently carried on men's shoulders.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Covered wagons - Some prefer to render “litter Isa…
Covered wagons - Some prefer to render “litter Isa 66:20 wagons:” i. e. litters which were not on wheels, but borne by two oxen, one in front and one behind. Such conveyances would probably be more convenient than wheeled wagons in the rough country to be traversed.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Covered. Destined to carry some parts of the tabernacle.…
Covered. Destined to carry some parts of the tabernacle. (Calmet) --- The Septuagint use a term which, according to Hesychius, denotes the chariots in which people of quality travelled, Lampenes. (Menochius)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain THE GIFT OF WAGONS AND OXEN, Num_7:3-9.
THE GIFT OF WAGONS AND OXEN, Num_7:3-9.
3. Six covered wagons — We cannot defend “litters” as the vehicles here intended, as argued by Gesenius and De Wette. The word עגלהetymologically signifies a rolling thing. This meaning is confirmed by its mention in connexion with yokes of oxen. Six times it is translated wagons, fifteen times cart, and once chariot. These covered wagons were probably constructed on Egyptian models. Herodotus mentions a four-wheeled Egyptian vehicle used for sacred purposes. Every two princes gave a wagon and each gave an ox. There is no record of any invitation given by Moses for the presentation of these, as there was in the case of the materials for the tabernacle. We have only a part of his sayings. See closing note on Leviticus 25.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They brought their offering before the Lord, i.e., probably…
They brought their offering before the Lord, i.e., probably to the entrance of the tabernacle. Six covered wagons. bx tlog. The meaning of the qualifying word bx is extremely doubtful. The Targums render it as the A.V On the other hand, Gesenius and. De Wette render it "litters," as the similar word in Isa_66:20 (where the Septuagint has en lamphnaiv hmionwn ). The reading of the Septuagint, amaxav lamphnikav , is equally doubtful. Lamphnh , itself probably a foreign word, is explained by the Scholiasts as amaxa basilikh , or as arma skepaston ; and Aquila has here amaxai skepastai , and the Vulgate plaustra tecta. But Euseb. Emis. understands it as meaning "two-wheeled vehicles." It is a matter of little importance, but the nature of the country itself and the small number of oxen to each carriage point to the probability that they had no wheels, and were carried by the oxen, one in front, and one behind, by means of shafts, as is still the case in parts of India.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain they brought
they brought
It is beautiful to observe that, though the offerings of the princes were identical, each is separately recorded by the pen of inspiration. (Cf) Mar 12:41-44.
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