KJV King James Version
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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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.
WEB World English Bible
and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and have put on it a covering of badger skin, and have spread a garment completely of blue above, and have placed its staves.
Surrounding context — 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.
4 This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things:
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:
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.
7 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:
8 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.
9 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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וְנָתְנ֣וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveעָלָ֗יוH5921 · aluponכְּסוּי֙H3681 · ka.suycoveringע֣וֹרH5785 · orskinתַּ֔חַשׁH8476 · ta.chashleatherוּפָרְשׂ֧וּH6566 · pa.ra.sto spreadבֶֽגֶד־H899 · be.gedtreacheryכְּלִ֛ילH3632 · ka.lilentireתְּכֵ֖לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueמִלְמָ֑עְלָהH4605 · ma.alaboveוְשָׂמ֖וּH7760 · sumto set: makeבַּדָּֽיו׃H905 · badalone: pole
Cross-references
Exodus 25:13-15And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.Exodus 39:41The cloths of service to do service in the holy [place], and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office.Exodus 35:19The cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.Exodus 39:1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.Numbers 4:11-13And 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:1 Kings 8:7-8For the cherubims spread forth [their] two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.Numbers 4:7-8And 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:
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