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Numbers 4:6 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 6
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.Numbers 4:6 · King James Version
Numbers 4:6 in context
4This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
5And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
6And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
7And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- coveringkâçûwyproperly, coveredH3681 →
- badgers'tachasha animal with fur, probably a species of antelopeH8476 →
- spreadpârasto break apart, disperse, etcH6566 →
- whollykâlîylcompleteH3632 →
- skinsʻôwrskinH5785 →
- 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