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Numbers 4:9

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They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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:

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This verse in Numbers 4

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

cover the candlestick of the light

on Numbers 4:9-14

The packing runs outward from the ark: the table, then the candlestick, then the golden altar of incense, then the ministering vessels, then the brasen altar out in the court. The candlestick and the loose instruments go on a bar, because only the ark, the table and the two altars were built with rings and staves of their own. Matthew Henry reads verse 13 as a purple cloth spread over ashes in which the holy fire was banked and preserved, so the fire that Leviticus 6:12-13 forbade to go out kept burning while the altar moved. Blue, purple and scarlet are the three colours of the tabernacle hangings at Exodus 26:1, and here they are the colours of its packing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps,.... Which had lamps in it, and were continually lighted, and gave light in the holy place: and his tongs, and his snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it; by supplying the lamps with oil, and snuffing and trimming them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְלָקְח֣וּ׀and they will take

    velakechuH3947 →966 times

  • בֶּ֣גֶדa covering of

    begedH899 →217 times

  • תְּכֵ֗לֶתviolet stuff

    tekheletH8504 →49 times

  • וְכִסּ֞וּand they will cover

    vekhisuH3680 →152 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מְנֹרַ֤ת[the] lampstand of

    menoratH4501 →42 times

  • הַמָּאוֹר֙the light

    hamaorH3974 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָlamps its

    neroteihaH5216 →49 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מַלְקָחֶ֖יהָtongs its

    malkacheihaH4457 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָfire-pans its

    machtoteihaH4289 →22 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • כְּלֵ֣י[the] vessels of

    keleiH3627 →325 times

  • שַׁמְנָ֔הּoil its

    shamnahH8081 →193 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יְשָׁרְתוּ־they will serve

    yesharetu-H8334 →97 times

  • לָ֖הּ<to> <the> it

    lah

  • בָּהֶֽם׃by <the> them

    bahem

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 25:31–39Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.3 worksRevelation 1:20This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.2 worksExodus 37:17–24Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.2 worksPsalms 119:105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.2 works1 Kings 7:49the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;2 worksExodus 25:38The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 24:4He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.2 worksNumbers 4:12They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.2 worksNumbers 4:8And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 119:105

    Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 6:23

      For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

    • Psalms 43:3

      Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.

    • Psalms 18:28

      For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.

    • 2 Peter 1:19

      We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…

    • Job 29:3

      when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

  • Through

    Revelation 1:20

    This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 2:1

      “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

    • Revelation 3:1

      “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a…

    • Revelation 1:16

      He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

Where this verse is studied

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About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 4 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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