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Selected Verse: Numbers 4:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 4:5 |
King James |
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| covering veil--the inner veil, which separated the holy from the most holy place. (See on Exo 36:35). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They shall take down - For upon this necessary occasion the inferior priests are allowed to come into the holy of holies, which otherwise was peculiar to the high - priest. The covering veil - The second veil, wherewith the ark was covered while the tabernacle stood, Exo 40:3. Cover the ark - Because the Levites, who were to carry the ark, might neither see, nor immediately touch it. |
35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.