Kejadian 45:21

45:21 So the sons of Israel did as he said. ¹  Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, ²  and he gave them provisions for the journey.

Kejadian 45:27

45:27 But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, ³  and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

Kejadian 46:5

46:5 Then Jacob started out ⁴  from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him.

Bilangan 7:3-8

7:3 They brought ⁵  their offering before the Lord, six covered carts ⁶  and twelve oxen – one cart for every two of the leaders, and an ox for each one; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle.

The Distribution of the Gifts

7:4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 7:5 “Receive these gifts ⁷  from them, that they may be ⁸  used in doing the work ⁹  of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man ¹⁰  as his service requires.” ¹¹ 

7:6 So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7:7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required; 7:8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority ¹²  of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

[45:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel did so.”

[45:21]  ² tn Heb “according to the mouth of Pharaoh.”

[45:27]  ³ tn Heb “and they spoke to him all the words of Joseph which he had spoke to them.”

[46:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they brought.”

[7:3]  ⁶ sn For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.

[7:5]  ⁷ tn The object is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied.

[7:5]  ⁸ tn The verb is the perfect tense with vav (ו) consecutive; following the imperative, this could be given an independent volitive translation (“they shall be”), but more fittingly a subordinated translation expressing the purpose of receiving the gifts.

[7:5]  ⁹ tn The sentence uses the infinitive construct expressing purpose, followed by its cognate accusative: “[that they may be] for doing the work of” (literally, “serving the service of”).

[7:5]  ¹⁰ tn The noun אִישׁ (’ish) is in apposition to the word “Levites,” and is to be taken in a distributive sense: “to the Levites, [to each] man according to his service.”

[7:5]  ¹¹ tn The expression כְּפִי (kÿfi) is “according to the mouth of.” Here, it would say “according to the mouth of his service,” which would mean “what his service calls for.”

[7:8]  ¹² tn Heb “hand.”