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Numbers 4:8

And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Badger;   Colors;   Levites;   Priest;   Skin;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Scarlet;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kohath;   Levites;   Purple;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Skin, Coats Made of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Badger;   Levites;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Badger Skins;   Crimson;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Kohath, Kohathites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Badgers' Skins;   Cloth;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Table;   Uzzah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Koliath;   Tabernacle;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Badger;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Color;   Cover;   Porpoise;   Shewbread, the;   Skin;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Badger;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Showbread;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
King James Version
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Lexham English Bible
They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of fine leather, and they will place its poles.
New Century Version
Then they must put a red cloth over all of these things, cover everything with fine leather, and put the poles in place.
New English Translation
They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.
Amplified Bible
"They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover that with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its carrying poles.
New American Standard Bible
"And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles.
Contemporary English Version
They are to cover all of this with a bright red cloth, and then with a piece of fine leather, before putting the carrying poles in place.
Complete Jewish Bible
They are to spread on these things a scarlet cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.
Darby Translation
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves [to it].
Easy-to-Read Version
Then you must put a red cloth over all these things, cover everything with fine leather, and put the poles in the rings of the table.
English Standard Version
Then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.
George Lamsa Translation
And they shall spread thereon a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers skins, and shall put in the poles thereof.
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with a covering made of fine leather, and insert the poles in the table.
Literal Translation
And they shall spread a cloth of scarlet over them, and shall cover it with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put in its staves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they shall sprede a purple clothe ther ouer, and couer it with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put the staues of it therin.
American Standard Version
and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they shall spreade vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of Badgers skinnes, and put in the barres thereof.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall set the staves thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And they shall spread vpon them a clothe of scarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall put in the staues thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it.
English Revised Version
and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Berean Standard Bible
And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen strecche forth aboue a reed mentil, which thei schulen hile eft with an hilyng of `skynnes of iacynt, and thei schulen putte yn barris.
Young's Literal Translation
and they have spread over them a garment of scarlet, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves,
Update Bible Version
and they shall spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the poles thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staffs of it.
World English Bible
They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
New King James Version
They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
New Living Translation
They must spread a scarlet cloth over all of this, and finally a covering of fine goatskin leather on top of the scarlet cloth. Then they must insert the carrying poles into the table.
New Life Bible
They will spread a red cloth over them, and cover that with badgers' skins. And they will put in its long pieces of wood to carry it.
New Revised Standard
then they shall spread over them a crimson cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and shall put its poles in place.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they shall spread over them a wrapper of crimson, and cover the same with a covering of badgers skin, - and shall put in the staves thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall spread over it a cloth of scarlet, which again they shall cover with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars.
Revised Standard Version
then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles.

Contextual Overview

1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses; 3 All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting. 4 And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things. 5 When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it; 6 And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place. 7 And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them; 8 And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places. 9 And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instruments and its trays and all the oil vessels which are used for it: 10 All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 4:6, Numbers 4:7, Numbers 4:9, Numbers 4:11-13

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:13 - General Joshua 2:18 - scarlet thread Song of Solomon 4:3 - scarlet

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.
Genesis 4:6
And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?
Genesis 4:9
And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.
Genesis 4:12
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.
Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship.
2 Samuel 3:27
And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
2 Samuel 14:6
And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet,.... Upon the dishes and other vessels belonging to the shewbread table, and on the shewbread itself:

and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins; this was clearly the outward covering, and seems to confirm the observation made in Numbers 4:6; that the same sort of covering was the outermost covering of the ark:

and shall put in the staves thereof; which belonged to the table, and were made to carry it with on occasion, from place to place; see

Exodus 25:27; and the same phrase being used as here of the staves of the ark in Numbers 4:6; seems to confirm the sense of them there, that they were taken out and put in upon this occasion, though otherwise fixed.


 
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