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Numbers 4:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" 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 thereof. "
Numbers 4:6
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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, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
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 thereof.
7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
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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 with it:"
Numbers 4:7
"And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:"
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