New American Standard Bible 2020

Numbers 4:6-13

6and they shall place a 1covering of 2fine leather on it, and spread over it a cloth of pure 3violet, and insert its carrying poles.

7Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of violet and put on it the dishes, the pans, the sacrificial bowls, and the jugs for the drink offering; and 4the continual bread shall be on it.

8And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles.

9Then they shall take a violet cloth and cover the 5lampstand for the light, 6along with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all its oil containers, by which they attend to it;

10and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on the carrying 7bars.

11Over the golden altar they shall spread a violet cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles;

12and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a violet cloth and cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on the carrying 8bars.

13Then they shall clean away the 9ashes from the 10altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.

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Notes

1. Numbers 4:6 Num 4:25 ↩
2. Numbers 4:6 Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch ↩
3. Numbers 4:6 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch ↩
4. Numbers 4:7 Ex 25:30; Lev 24:5-9 ↩
5. Numbers 4:9 Ex 25:31 ↩
6. Numbers 4:9 Ex 25:37, 38 ↩
7. Numbers 4:10 Or frame ↩
8. Numbers 4:12 Or frame ↩
9. Numbers 4:13 Or fatty ashes; i.e., soaked with fat ↩
10. Numbers 4:13 Ex 27:1-8 ↩

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