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Numbers 4:12 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 12
And 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:Numbers 4:12 · King James Version
Numbers 4:12 in context
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:
14And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instrumentskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- sanctuaryqôdesha sacred place or thingH6944 →
- ministryshârêthserviceH8335 →
- ministershârathto attend as a menial or worshipperH8334 →
- coveringmikçeha coveringH4372 →
- 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