Numbers 4:11

'And on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves;

Young's Literal Translation

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 have put it and all its vessels unto a covering of badger skin, and have put [it] on the bar.

12and have taken all the vessels of ministry wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and have put [them] unto a garment of blue, and have covered them with a covering of badger skin, and have put [them] on the bar,

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Cross References

Exodus 30:1'And thou hast made an altar [for] making perfume; [of] shittim wood thou dost make it;

Exodus 39:38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the spice-perfume, and the covering of the opening of the tent;

Exodus 40:26And he setteth the golden altar in the tent of meeting, before the vail,

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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