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Numbers 4:9

Numbers 4:9 is verse 9 of Numbers chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.

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King James Version

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:

World English Bible

“They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

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Numbers 4:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.

8 And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.

9 They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.

10 Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.

11 Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 25:31

Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 25:32

Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.

Exodus 25:33

There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.

Exodus 25:34

And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 25:35

For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Exodus 25:36

The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Exodus 25:37

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.

Exodus 25:38

The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

Exodus 25:39

The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.

Exodus 37:17

Then he made the lampstand out of pure hammered gold, all of one piece: its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.

Exodus 37:18

Six branches extended from the sides, three on one side and three on the other.

Exodus 37:19

There were three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extended from the lampstand.

Exodus 37:20

And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.

Exodus 37:21

A bud was under the first pair of branches that extended from the lampstand, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.

Exodus 37:22

The buds and branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

Exodus 37:23

He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.

Exodus 37:24

He made the lampstand and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold.

Psalms 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Revelation 1:20

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:1

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

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