Numbers 4:9

9 And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover ¹the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

Numbers 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:9

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick
of the light, and his lamps
Which had lamps in it, and were continually lighted, and gave light in the holy place:

and his tongs, and his snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof,
wherewith they minister unto it;
by supplying the lamps with oil, and snuffing and trimming them.

Numbers 4:9 In-Context

7 And over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and the flagons for the drink offering; the regular showbread also shall be on it.

8 Then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.

9 And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.

10 And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of goatskin and put it on the carrying frame.

11 And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.

Cross References

• 1. See Exodus 25:31-39