This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: (A)the most holy things. When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down (B)the veil of the screen and cover (C)the ark of the testimony with it. Then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin[a] and spread on top of that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its (D)poles.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:6 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; compare Exodus 25:5

“This is the work(A) of the Kohathites(B) at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.(C) When the camp is to move,(D) Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain(E) and put it over the ark of the covenant law.(F) Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather,[a](G) spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles(H) in place.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:6 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verses 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 25