Numbers 4:13
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Numbers 4:13 in other translations
| BSB | Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it, |
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| WEB | “They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it. |
| ASV | And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: |
| YLT | and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple; |
| DARBY | And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon; |
| BBE | And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it; |
| Webster | And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth upon it: |
What does Numbers 4:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 4:4-15
4-15. This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath, &c.--They are mentioned first, from their close connection with Aaron; and the special department of duty assigned to them during the journeyings of Israel accorded with the charge they had received of the precious contents of the tabernacle. But these were to be previously covered by the common priests, who, as well as the high priest, were admitted on such…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 4:4-20
The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked the reverence due to holy things, but the mystery of the things signified by those types, and the darkness of the dispensation. But now, through Christ, the case is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne…
Numbers 4:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 4:13
- Leviticus 6:12-13
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.
- Exodus 39:1
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Exodus 27:1-8
And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. …
- Exodus 39:41
The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in the priest’s office.
- Numbers 4:11-12
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:
- Numbers 4:6-9
And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
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Context
- Numbers 4:12
And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:
- Numbers 4:13
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
- Numbers 4:14
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.
Numbers 4:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y quitarán la ceniza del altar, y extenderán sobre él un paño de púrpura: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils ôteront les cendres de l’autel, et ils étendront sur lui un drap de pourpre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie sollen den Altar von der Fettasche reinigen und ein Tuch von rotem Purpur über ihn breiten, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed et altare mundabunt cinere, et involvent illud purpureo vestimento, |