Numbers 4:12

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

11And 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,

13Then shall they remove the fat-ashes from the altar,—and spread over it a wrapper of purple;

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Cross References

Exodus 31:10and the cloths of variegated stuff, and the holy garments, for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for ministering as priests;

Numbers 4:7And over the Presence-table, shall they spread a wrapper of blue and put thereon the dishes and the pans and the bowls and the libation cups, the perpetual bread also, thereupon, shall remain;

2 Kings 25:14and, the caldrons, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, even all the utensils of bronze wherewith ministration used to be made, did they take away;

1 Chronicles 9:29And, some from among them, were appointed over the utensils, yea over all the vessels of the holy place,—and over the fine meal, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

2 Chronicles 4:16and, the pans and the shovels and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels, made Huram his father for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh,—of burnished bronze,

2 Chronicles 4:22and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the censers, of purified gold,—and the entrance of the house, the inner doors thereof for the holy of holies, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of 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 →

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