Numbers 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. ”

Numbers 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

wholly of blue - Compare Exodus 25:4 note. The third and external covering of the ark only was to be of this color. The table of showbread had Numbers 4:8 an outer wrapping of scarlet; the al...
Numbers 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in (c) the staves thereof. (c) That is, put them on their shoulders to carry it...
Numbers 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Census of the Levites Qualified to Serve about the Tabernacle, and the Apportionment of their Duties. This census includes all males between 30 and 50 ( cf. 1 Chronicles 23:3 ). In Numbers 8:2...
Numbers 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Numbers 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: This shall be the service ... The Kohathites are mentioned first, from their...
Numbers 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Duties of the Levites on the March 2. Kohath seems to have been the second son of Levi ( Numbers 3:17 ), but his family is mentioned first, because Moses and Aaron belonged to it ( Numbers 3:1...
Numbers 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And shall put in the staves thereof. — The staves had been removed whilst the Ark was being covered; otherwise they remained in their places ( Exodus 25:15 ). (Comp. 2 Chronicles 5:9 .)
Numbers 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. LEVITICAL SERVICE Numbers 3:14-39 ; Numbers 4:1-49 The sacred service of the Levites is described in detail. There are three divisions, the Gershonites, the Kohathites, the Merarites. The G...
Numbers 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Continuing the instructions concerning the Levites, we have a minute account of their work in connection with the movement and marching of the people. The family of Kohath were made responsible for c...
Numbers 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was not this continual bread typical of JESUS? John 6:51 .
Numbers 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins ,.... Not that which covered the tabernacle, for that was committed to the Gershonites, Numbers 4:25 ; but a covering made of these on purpose f...
Numbers 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall take down For upon this necessary occasion the inferior priests were allowed to come into the holy of holies, which otherwise was peculiar to the high-priest. The covering veil The sec...
Numbers 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SERVICE OF THE KOHATHITES (vs.1-20) Moses and Aaron are instructed in verse 2 to take a census of the sons of Korath, those males 30 to 50 years of age. In verses 21-22 the same is said as to...
Numbers 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Office of the Levites. B. C. 1490. 1 And the L ORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,...
Numbers 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By the covering of badgers skins the ark was secured from the injuries of the weather:. Object. How could these staves be put in, when they were never to be taken out, Exodus 25:15 , compared...
Numbers 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 4 The Tasks of the Levites. In this chapter the special tasks allotted to the priests and to each of the sub-tribes of Levi are described, and the number of Levites between thirty and fif...
Numbers 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Critical Notes.— Numbers 4:3 . צָבָא, host , “signifies military service, and is used here with special reference to the service of the Levites as the militia sacra of Jehovah.”— Keil and Del ....
Numbers 4:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 4:1-2 . And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, There w...
Numbers 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:3 . Thirty years old. We read in chap. 8., that the levites began to learn as is understood, at the age of twenty five. From 1 Chronicles 23 ., we learn that the census was taken at the...
Numbers 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DUTIES OF THE LEVITES ( Numbers 4:1-4 ). Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath. The Levites having been separated from the other tribes, the Kohathites...
Numbers 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Work of the Kohathites
Numbers 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:7 ; 1 Kings 8:8 ; Exodus 25:13-15 ; Exodus 35:19 ; Exodus 39:1 ; Exodus 39:41 ; Numbers 4:11-13 ; Numbers 4:7 ; Numbers 4:8
Numbers 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Badgers — skins — Whereby the ark was secured from the injuries of the weather.

Numbers 4:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 4:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Numbers 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 4:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes