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Numbers 4:9 KJV
Numbers · chapter 4 · verse 9
And 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:Numbers 4:9 · King James Version
Numbers 4:9 in context
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.
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- candlestickmᵉnôwrâha chandelierH4501 →
- snuffdishesmachtâha pan for live coalsH4289 →
- clothbegeda coveringH899 →
- coverkâçâhproperly, to plumpH3680 →
- lightmâʼôwrproperly, a luminous body or luminaryH3974 →
- lampsnîyra lamp or lightH5216 →
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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