Numbers 4:13
What does Numbers 4:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 4:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon;
Context
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.
v.13This passage
v.14and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 27:1
And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
- Leviticus 6:12
And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereon, it shall not go out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning: and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings.
- Exodus 39:41
the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office.
- Numbers 4:6
and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
- Numbers 4:11
And 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:
- Exodus 39:1
And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
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