Numbers 4:11

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof:

Revised Version 1895

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 they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.

12and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.

Exodus 39:38and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent;

Exodus 40:26And he put the golden altar 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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