Numbers 4:6 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

KJV

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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Commentary

3 voices

Theodoret of Cyrus

QUESTIONS ON NUMBERS 6 (458)

Why did God command that some of the sacred vessels should be covered with blue veils and others with purple veils?Only the veils of the more precious vessels were blue. The color suggests the sky. For this reason God commanded the objects behind the veil …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

wholly of blue - Compare Exo 25:4 note. The third and external covering of the ark only was to be of this color. The table of showbread had Num 4:8 an outer wrapping of scarlet; the altar Num 4:13 one of purple. Put in the staves - Probably, “put the staves in order.” These were never taken out of the golden rings by which the ark was to be borne (see Exo 25:14-15), but would need adjustment.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(See on Ex 25:15, compared with 1Ki 8:8). The Hebrew word rendered "put in," signifies also "dispose," and probably refers here to their insertion through the openings in the coverings made for receiving them, to preserve them from the touch of the carriers as well as from the influence of the weather.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתְנ֣וּ	ve.na.te.Nu	and they will put	H5414 →
עָלָ֗יו	'a.Lav	over it	H5921 →
כְּסוּי֙	ke.Sui	a covering of	H3681 →
ע֣וֹר	or	skin of	H5785 →
תַּ֔חַשׁ	Ta.chash	dolphin	H8476 →
וּפָרְשׂ֧וּ	u.fa.re.Su	and they will spread out	H6566 →
בֶֽגֶד־	ve.ged-	a covering of	H899 →
כְּלִ֛יל	ke.Lil	an entirety of	H3632 →
תְּכֵ֖לֶת	te.Khe.let	violet stuff	H8504 →
מִלְמָ֑עְלָה	mil.Ma.'e.lah	from to above <towards>	H4605 →
וְשָׂמ֖וּ	ve.sa.Mu	and they will put in	H7760 →
בַּדָּֽיו׃	ba.Dav	poles its	H905 →

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Where the connections lead

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 39:1
From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
leads to
- Exodus 31:10
  as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 35:19
  and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
- Exodus 35:23
  Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, goat hair, ram skins dyed red, or articles of fine leather, brought them.
- Hebrews 9:12
  He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:25
  Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
Through
Exodus 35:19
and the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
leads to
- Numbers 4:5–15
  Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
- Exodus 39:1–31
  From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made specially woven garments for ministry in the sanctuary, as well as the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:41
  and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

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