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What does Numbers 4:9 mean?
"“They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lamp stand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it."
— Numbers 4:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
“On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.
They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
“They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lamp stand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
“On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
“They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
Explanation
Numbers 4:9 gives a specific instruction about how the golden lampstand of the tabernacle—along with its lamps, wick trimmers, trays, and oil containers—was to be wrapped in blue cloth before it could be moved. This was not a random det
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