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Numbers 4:10

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 4:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.
Numbers 4:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon:
8and 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.
9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
10and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.
11And 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:
12and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they shall put it, and all the vessels thereof, within a covering of badgers’ skins, etc.] Which here also was the outermost covering; the ark and the shewbread table had three coverings, but the candlestick only two, they being more sacred than that, especially the ark: and shall put [it] upon a bar; the word “mot” perhaps signifies a kind of mat or mattress, on which the candlestick and its vessels, bundled together in the covering of the badgers’ skins, were laid and carried between men on staves; and so the Septuagint render the word “staves”; as does the Targum of Onkelos.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“a bar--or bier, formed of two poles fastened by two cross pieces and borne by two men, after the fashion of a sedan chair.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 4:6, Num 4:12 Numbers 4:11”
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