New Revised Standard Version
But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.

Contemporary English Version
But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were in charge of the sacred objects that had to be carried on their shoulders.

New American Bible
He gave none to the Kohathites, because they were responsible for maintenance of the sacred objects that had to be carried on their shoulders.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen: because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.

But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen: because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their burdens upon their own shoulders.

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Numbers 3:31 And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

Numbers 4:4-16 This is the service of the sons of Caath: . . .

2 Samuel 6:6,13 And when they came to the floor of Nachon, Oza put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it: because the oxen kicked and made it lean aside. . . .

1 Chronicles 15:3,13 And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it. . . .

1 Chronicles 23:26 And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service thereof.