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Selected Verse: Numbers 4:12 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 4:12	Strong Concordance	And they shall take [03947] all the instruments [03627] of ministry [08335], wherewith they minister [08334] in the sanctuary [06944], and put [05414] them in a cloth [0899] of blue [08504], and cover [03680] them with a covering [04372] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall put [05414] them on a bar [04132]:
	King James	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:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
instruments of ministry--the official dress of the priests (Exo 31:10).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

instruments of ministry--the official dress of the priests (Exo 31:10).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The instruments of ministry - The sacred garments used by the priests in their holy ministrations. Cover them - All these coverings were designed, For safety, that these holy things might not be filled by rain, or tarnished by the sun. For decency, most of them had a cloth of blue, or purple, or scarlet over them; the ark, a cloth wholly of blue, perhaps an emblem of the azure skies, which are spread between us and the Majesty on high; For concealment. It was a fit sign of the darkness of that dispensation. The holy things were then covered. But Christ hath now destroyed the face of the covering.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

The instruments of ministry - The sacred garments used by the priests in their holy ministrations. Cover them - All these coverings were designed, For safety, that these holy things might not be filled by rain, or tarnished by the sun. For decency, most of them had a cloth of blue, or purple, or scarlet over them; the ark, a cloth wholly of blue, perhaps an emblem of the azure skies, which are spread between us and the Majesty on high; For concealment. It was a fit sign of the darkness of that dispensation. The holy things were then covered. But Christ hath now destroyed the face of the covering.

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