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Numbers 4:8

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 4:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and 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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and 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.
Numbers 4:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 4

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,
6and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
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:
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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 spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, etc.] Upon the dishes and other vessels belonging to the shewbread table, and on the shewbread itself: and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins; this was clearly the outward covering, and seems to confirm the observation made in (<040406>Numbers 4:6); that the same sort of covering was the outermost covering of the ark: and shall put in the staves thereof; which belonged to the table, and were made to carry it with on occasion, from place to place; (see <022527>Exodus 25:27,28); and the same phrase being used as here of the staves of the ark in (<040406>Numbers 4:6); seems to confirm the sense of them there, that they were taken…”
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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 4:7, Num 4:9, Num 4:11-13 Numbers 4:9”
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