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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: and they presented them before the tent.
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take it of them, that they may be [used] in doing the service of the tent of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.
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Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
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Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
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and four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they bore it on their shoulders.