Numbers 4:11

Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.

BSB

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KJV

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:

ASV

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:

YLT

`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;

DBT

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves [to it].

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And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue,.... The altar of incense, which was overlaid with gold, and therefore called a golden one, to which the allusion is in Rev 8:3, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins; after the cloth of blue was spread upon it: and shall put to the staves thereof; into the rings, both made to bear and carry it, upon occasion, from place to place.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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But when the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the sanctuary might be entered by the common priests, as to them was reserved the exclusive privilege of packing the sacred utensils; and it was not till the holy things were thus ready for carriage, that the Kohathites were allowed to approach.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Exodus 37:25–28
He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
Exodus 40:5
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
Exodus 39:38
the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
Exodus 40:26–27
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
Exodus 30:1–19
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Exodus 25:13
And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Numbers 4:6
They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
Numbers 4:8
And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.
Numbers 4:13
Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,

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About this book

The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 40:5
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:19–22
  Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
- 1 John 2:1–2
  My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
- John 14:6
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- Hebrews 9:24
  For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Through
Exodus 39:38
the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
leads to
- Exodus 30:7
  And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- 2 Chronicles 2:4
  Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making…
- Exodus 25:6
  olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
- Exodus 37:29
  He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

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