Numbers 4:11
9 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.
10 Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.
Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
12 They 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.
13 Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
- 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:
- WEB
- “On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
- 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:
- DARBY
- 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].
- BLB
- And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badger skins, and they shall insert its poles.
- ÅB
- Over det gullkledde alter skal de bre en duk av blå ull og legge et dekke av takasskinn om det og sette inn bærestengene.
- OTB
- Over gullalteret skal de legge et fiolett klede og dekke det med holdbart skinn, og sette inn bærestengene.
- B1930
- Over det gullklædde alter skal de bre et klæde av blå ull og legge et dekke av takasskinn om det og sette inn bærestengene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 30:1–19
“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Read in contextExodus 39:38
the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
Read in contextExodus 40:26–27
Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,
Read in contextExodus 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.
Read in contextExodus 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.
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