Numbers 4:11 “Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fin…”

Numbers 4:11

Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

World English Bible

“On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

American Standard Version

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof:

Geneva Bible 1599

Also vpon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke, and couer it with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof.

Darby Translation

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves [to it].

Young's Literal Translation

'And on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves;

Bible in Basic English

On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.

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Cross references

“And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:”

Exodus 30:1–19 Exodus 37:25–28 Exodus 39:38 Exodus 40:5 Exodus 40:26 Exodus 40:27

Exodus 30:1–19 · BSB

“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.

Exodus 37:25–28 · BSB

He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.

Exodus 39:38 · BSB

the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

Exodus 40:5 · BSB

Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:26 · BSB

Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

Exodus 40:27 · BSB

and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.

12They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.

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