Genesis 45:19

45:19 You are also commanded to say, ¹  ‘Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come.

Genesis 45:27

45:27 But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, ²  and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.

Genesis 46:5

46:5 Then Jacob started out ³  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.

Numbers 7:3-9

7:3 They brought ⁴  their offering before the Lord, six covered carts ⁵  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 ⁶  from them, that they may be ⁷  used in doing the work ⁸  of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man ⁹  as his service requires.” ¹⁰ 

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 ¹¹  of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 7:9 But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried ¹²  on their shoulders, was their responsibility. ¹³ 

Ezekiel 23:24

23:24 They will attack ¹⁴  you with weapons, ¹⁵  chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; ¹⁶  they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; ¹⁷  they will punish you according to their laws.

¹ tn The words “to say” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “and they spoke to him all the words of Joseph which he had spoke to them.”

³ tn Heb “arose.”

⁴ tn Heb “and they brought.”

⁵ sn For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.

⁶ tn The object is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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”).

⁹ 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.”

¹⁰ 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.”

¹¹ tn Heb “hand.”

¹² tn The verb is the imperfect tense, but it describes their customary activity – they had to carry, they used to carry.

¹³ tn Heb “upon them,” meaning “their duty.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “come against.”

¹⁵ tn This is the only occurrence of this term in the OT. The precise meaning is uncertain.

¹⁶ tn Heb “an assembly of peoples.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “I will place before them judgment.”