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Saturday, July 26th, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Numbers 4:11

"They must spread a blue cloth over the golden altar. They must cover that with fine leather. Then they must put the poles for carrying it in the rings on the altar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Badger;   Colors;   Levites;   Priest;   Skin;   Tabernacle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Altar of Incense;   Levites, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kohath;   Levites;   Purple;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Blue;   Skin, Coats Made of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Badger;   Levites;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Badger Skins;   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 - Cover;   Porpoise;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Altar;   Badger;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
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:
Lexham English Bible
Over the altar of gold they will spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of fine leather and place its poles.
New Century Version
"They must spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with fine leather, and put the poles in place.
New English Translation
"They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles.
Amplified Bible
"Over the golden [incense] altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its carrying poles;
New American Standard Bible
"Over the golden altar they shall spread a violet cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also vpon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke, and couer it with a couering of badgers skinnes, & put to the barres thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
And over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin and shall insert its poles;
Contemporary English Version
The gold incense altar is to be covered with a blue cloth, and then with a piece of fine leather, before its carrying poles are put in place.
Complete Jewish Bible
On the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with a covering of fine leather and insert its carrying-poles.
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].
English Standard Version
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.
George Lamsa Translation
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers skins, and shall put it upon its poles;
Good News Translation
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Christian Standard Bible®
“They are to spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with a covering made of fine leather, and insert its poles.
Literal Translation
And they shall spread a blue cloth on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put in its staves.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So shal they sprede a yalowe clothe ouer the golden altare also, and couer the same with a couerynge of doo skynnes, and put it vpon staues.
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:
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And vpon the golden aulter, they shall spreade a cloth of blewe silke, and couer it with a couering of Badgers skinnes, and put to the barres therof.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall set the staves thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And vpon the golden Altar they shall spread a cloth of blew, and couer it with a couering of badgers skinnes, and shall put to the staues thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves.
English Revised 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:
Berean Standard Bible
Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also and thei schulen wlappe the goldun auter in a clooth of iacynt; and thei schulen stretche forth aboue an hilyng of `skynnys of iacynt, and thei schulen putte in barris.
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;
Update Bible Version
And on the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the poles thereof:
Webster's Bible Translation
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 it its staffs.
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.
New King James Version
"Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
New Living Translation
"Next they must spread a blue cloth over the gold incense altar and cover this cloth with fine goatskin leather. Then they must attach the carrying poles to the altar.
New Life Bible
They will spread a blue cloth over the altar of gold, and cover it with badgers' skins. And they will put in the long pieces of wood to carry it.
New Revised Standard
Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and shall put its poles in place;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And upon the altar of gold, shall they spread a wrapper of blue, and shall cover the same in a covering of badgers skin, - and shall put in the staves thereof,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall wrap up the golden altar also in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars.
Revised Standard Version
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;
THE MESSAGE
"They are to spread a blue cloth over the Gold Altar and cover it with dolphin skins and place it on a carrying frame.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its poles;

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 "Count the men in the families of the Kohath family group. (The Kohath family group is a part of Levi's family group.) 3 Count all the men from 30 to 50 years old who come to serve. These men will work in the Meeting Tent. 4 Their job is to take care of the most holy things in the Meeting Tent. 5 "When the Israelites travel to a new place, Aaron and his sons must go into the Meeting Tent and take down the curtain and cover the Box of the Agreement with it. 6 Then they must cover all of this with covering made from fine leather. Then they must spread the solid blue cloth over the leather and put the poles in the rings on the Holy Box. 7 "Then they must spread a blue cloth over the holy table. Then they must put the plates, spoons, bowls, and the jars for drink offerings on the table. Put the special bread on the table. 8 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. 9 "Then they must cover the lampstand and its lamps with a blue cloth. They must also cover all the things used to keep the lamps burning and all the jars of oil that are used in the lamps. 10 Then wrap everything in fine leather. Then they must put all these things on poles used for carrying them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:13 - General Numbers 4:6 - a cloth Numbers 4:8 - General Numbers 4:13 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake, "You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:14
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."
Genesis 4:15
Then the Lord said to Cain, "No, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.
Genesis 4:16
Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech married two women. One wife was named Adah, and the other was named Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal. Jabal was the father of people who live in tents and earn their living by keeping cattle.
Genesis 4:21
Jabal was Jubal's brother. Jubal was the father of people who play the harp and flute.
Genesis 4:26
Seth also had a son. He named him Enosh. At that time people began to pray to the Lord .
Job 16:18
"Earth, don't hide the wrong things that were done to me. Don't let my begging for fairness be stopped.
Isaiah 26:21
Look! The Lord is coming out from his place to judge the people of the world for the bad things they have done. The earth will reveal the blood that has been spilled on it. It will no longer hide the proof of those murders.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue,.... 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.


 
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