Numbers 4:10

10 Then they must place it with all its utensils inside a covering made of manatee skin^[a] and put [them] on the carrying frame.

Numbers 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:10

And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a
covering of badgers' skins
Which here also was the outermost covering; the ark and the shewbread table had three coverings, but the candlestick only two, they being more sacred than that, especially the ark:

and shall put [it] upon a bar;
the word "mot" perhaps signifies a kind of mat or mattress, on which the candlestick and its vessels, bundled together in the covering of the badgers' skins, were laid and carried between men on staves; and so the Septuagint render the word "staves"; as does the Targum of Onkelos.

Numbers 4:10 In-Context

8 They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with a covering made of manatee skin, and insert the poles [in the table].

9 "They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, with its lamps, snuffers, and firepans, as well as its jars of oil by which they service it.

10 Then they must place it with all its utensils inside a covering made of manatee skin and put [them] on the carrying frame.

11 "They are to spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with a covering made of manatee skin, and insert its poles.

12 They are to take all the serving utensils they use in the sanctuary, place [them] in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering made of manatee skin, and put [them] on a carrying frame.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or of dolphin skin, or of fine leather; Hb obscure