Numbers 4:9 — Meaning and Application

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“And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:”

Numbers 4:9

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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: {cover...: or, pour out withal}

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.

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put {it} upon a bar.

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:

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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 4:6

"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."

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