And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof,.... Upon the altar covered with a blue cloth; on that were to be put everything belonging to the altar:wherewith they minister about it; the priests, when they offered sacrifice on it:[even] the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins,all the vessels of the altar; of which see Ex 27:3;and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins: to prevent the rains falling upon them, which being all of brass, would be apt to tarnish:and put to the staves of it; which were made to bear and carry it on such an occasion as this, Ex 27:6.
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Numbers 4:14
Numbers 4:14
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