Numbers 4:11

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;

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 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its snuffers, 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 upon 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 which 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;