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Numbers 4:11

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11 And over 1the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.
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Numbers 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:11

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue,
&c.] The altar of incense, which was overlaid with gold, and therefore called a golden one, to which the allusion is in ( Revelation 8:3 ) ;

and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins;
after the cloth of blue was spread upon it:

and shall put to the staves thereof;
into the rings, both made to bear and carry it, upon occasion, from place to place.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Numbers 4:11 In-Context

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.
12 And they shall take all the vessels of the service that are used in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of goatskin and put them on the carrying frame.
13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.

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