Numbers 4:12
They are to place all the utensils used for the service in the sanctuary in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and place them on the carrying frame.
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13Have them clean the ashes from the bronze altar and spread a purple cloth over it,
Cross References
Exodus 31:10as well as the woven clothes for both Aaron the priest and for his sons to serve as priests,
Numbers 4:7Have them spread a blue cloth over the table of the Presence as well, and put the plates and cups on it, as well as the bowls and jugs for the drink offering. The current bread offering is to stay on it.
2 Kings 25:14They also took all the pots, shovels, lamp snuffers, dishes, and all the other bronze items used in the Temple service.
1 Chronicles 9:29Others were given the job of looking after the furniture and equipment used in the sanctuary, as well as the special flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.
2 Chronicles 4:16All the metalwork Hiram made for King Solomon for the house of the Lord was of polished bronze.
2 Chronicles 4:22the wick trimmers, basins, dishes and censers—all made of gold; and the doors of the Temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place, and the doors of the main hall—all covered with gold.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21
The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →