Numbers 4:11

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

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.

Numbers 4:11 In-Context

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.

13 "They are to remove the ashes from the [bronze] altar, spread a purple cloth over it,

Footnotes

• [a]. Ex 30:1-3; 31:8; 39:38; 40:5,26
• [b]. Or of dolphin skin, or of fine leather; Hb obscure
• [c]. Ex 30:4; 35:15