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Numbers 4:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves "
Numbers 4:14
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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:
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels
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Numbers 4:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,"
Numbers 4:2
"Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,"
Numbers 4:3
"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."
Numbers 4:4
"This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:"
Numbers 4:5
"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"
Numbers 4:6
"And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves"
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