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Numbers 4:11 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 11
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:Numbers 4:11 · King James Version
Numbers 4:11 in context
9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
10And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
12And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:
13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- coveringmikçeha coveringH4372 →
- badgers'tachasha animal with fur, probably a species of antelopeH8476 →
- goldenzâhâbgold, figuratively, something gold-colored , as oil, a clear skyH2091 →
- spreadpârasto break apart, disperse, etcH6566 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- clothbegeda coveringH899 →
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We have here a second muster of the tribe of Levi. As that tribe was taken out of all Israel to be God's peculiar, so the middle-aged men of that tribe were taken from among the rest to be actually employed in the service of the tabernacle. Now observe, I. Who were to be taken into this number.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20