Numbers 4:11

And upon the altar of gold, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and shall cover the same in a covering of badgers’ skin,—and shall put in the staves thereof,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

10and shall put the same and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of, badgers’ skin,—and shall put it upon a frame.

12And they shall take all the utensils of attendance wherewith they attend in the sanctuary, and put them within a wrapper of blue, and cover the same in a covering of badgers’ skin,—and put them on a frame.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar, for burning incense, of acacia wood, shalt thou make it:

Exodus 39:38and the altar of gold, and the oil of anointing, and the fragrant incense,—and the screen for the opening of the tent;

Exodus 40:26And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting,—before the veil;

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 →

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