Numbers 4:12

12 They will take all the service equipment used in the sanctuary, place it in a blue cloth, and cover it with fine leather. Then they will place it on the carrying frame.

Numbers 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:12

And they shall take all the instruments of ministry,
wherewith they minister in the sanctuary
The garments in which the priests, ministered in the sanctuary, which were laid up in proper places, and which they only wore when in service:

and put [them] in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of
badgers' skins;
all wrapped up in one bundle:

and shall put [them] on a bar;
the same sort of carriage on which the candlestick and its vessels were borne, (See Gill on Numbers 4:10).

Numbers 4:12 In-Context

10 They will place it and its equipment in a covering of fine leather, and then place it on the carrying frame.
11 They will spread a blue cloth on the gold altar and cover it with fine leather.
12 They will take all the service equipment used in the sanctuary, place it in a blue cloth, and cover it with fine leather. Then they will place it on the carrying frame.
13 They will remove the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth on it.
14 They will place on it all the equipment used for servicing it, the censors, the meat fork, the shovels, the bowls, all the equipment of the altar. They will spread a covering of fine leather over it and then set its poles in place.
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