Numbers 4:5

So then Aaron and his sons shall enter when the camp is to set forward, and take down the screening veil,—and enwrap therein the ark of the testimony;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And 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:

In Context

4This, shall be the labour of the sons of Kohath, in the tent of meeting,—the most holy things,

6and put thereon a covering of badgers’ skin, and spread a complete wrapper of blue over above,—and put in the staves thereof.

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Cross References

Exodus 26:31And thou shalt make a veil, of blue and purple, and crimson and fine-twined linen,—of the work of a skilful weaver, shall it be made, with cherubim;

Exodus 37:1And Bezaleel made the ark, of acacia wood, two cubits and a half, the length thereof and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the height thereof;

Numbers 2:16All they who are num-bered to the camp of Reuben,—a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, by their hosts, and they in the second rank, shall set forward.

Numbers 4:15So shall Aaron and his sons make an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then after that, shall the sons of Kohath enter to bear it, but they must not put forth a touch unto that which, is holy, else should they die, these, shall be the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

2 Samuel 6:2Then David, and all the people that were with him, arose and went beyond Baale Judah,—to bring up from thence, the ark of God, the name whereof is called by the name of Yahweh of hosts, who inhabiteth the cherubim thereupon.

Matthew 27:51And lo! the veil of the Temple, was rent, from top to bottom, into two; and, the earth, was shaken, and, the rocks, were rent;

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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