Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of [a]blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and (A)the continual bread shall be on it. 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. Then they shall take a [b]blue cloth and cover the (B)lampstand for the light, (C)along with its lamps and its snuffers, and its [c]trays and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it;

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:7 Or violet
  2. Numbers 4:9 Or violet
  3. Numbers 4:9 Lit snuff dishes

“Over the table of the Presence(A) they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings;(B) the bread that is continually there(C) is to remain on it. They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover that with the durable leather and put the poles(D) in place.

“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand that is for light, together with its lamps, its wick trimmers and trays,(E) and all its jars for the olive oil used to supply it.

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