Numbers 4:12
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
כְּלִי
kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
שָׁרַת
shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
מִקְדָּשׁ
miqdâsh
a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
תְּכֵלֶת
tᵉkêleth
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
מִכְסֶה
mikçeh
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
תַּחַשׁ
tachash
a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope
עוֹר
ʻôwr
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
תַּחַשׁ tachash
a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope
Study H8476 →יָד yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Study H3027 →תְּכֵלֶת tᵉkêleth
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
Study H8504 →כְּלִי kᵉlîy
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
Study H3627 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →שָׁרַת shârath
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
Study H8334 →Cross References
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,
And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, ...
And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
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