Numbers 4:11
What does Numbers 4:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 4:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall wrap up the golden altar also in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves [to it].
Context
v.10and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.
v.11This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 40:26
And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
- Exodus 39:38
and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent;
- Exodus 30:1
And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
- Exodus 40:5
And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
- Exodus 37:25
And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.
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