Numbers 4:11

11 "They must spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with fine leather, and put the poles in place.

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 "With a blue cloth they must cover the lampstand, its lamps, its wick trimmers, its trays, and all the jars for the oil used in the lamps.

10 Then they must wrap everything in fine leather and put all these things on a frame for carrying them.

11 "They must spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with fine leather, and put the poles in place.

12 "They must gather all the things used for serving in the Holy Place and wrap them in a blue cloth. Then they must cover that with fine leather and put these things on a frame for carrying them.

13 "They must clean the ashes off the bronze altar and spread a purple cloth over it.