Numbers 4:11

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“Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.”

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BSBPD

“Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`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;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 4:11 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 30:1“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
  2. Exodus 37:25He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
  3. Exodus 39:38the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
  4. Exodus 40:5Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
  5. Exodus 40:26Moses placed the gold altar in the Tent of Meeting, in front of the veil,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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