Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
Numbers 7:7 stands within the record of the princes' offerings for sanctuary service, where their oblations are presented including the wagons and oxen furnished for the Levites' service. The sons of Gershon were given two wagons and four oxen according to their service, to help bear the burdens assigned to them. That kind of provision was also extended to the other Levitical families, yet the Kohathites were given no wagons. The Kohathites were appointed to bear the sanctuary's sacred furniture on their shoulders by its staves, including the ark and the other holy vessels. The verse therefore gives no warrant for carrying the ark on a wagon, and moving the ark on a cart broke the prescribed order because the ark belonged to the Kohathites' charge.
Numbers 7:7 stands within the record of the princes' offerings for sanctuary service, where their oblations are presented including the wagons and oxen furnished for the Levites' service. The sons of Gershon were given two wagons and four oxen according to their service, to help bear the burdens assigned to them. That kind of provision was also extended to the other Levitical families, yet the Kohathites were given no wagons. The Kohathites were appointed to bear the sanctuary's sacred furniture on their shoulders by its staves, including the ark and the other holy vessels. The verse therefore gives no warrant for carrying the ark on a wagon, and moving the ark on a cart broke the prescribed order because the ark belonged to the Kohathites' charge.