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Num. 4:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And shall put
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thereon the covering
kacuwy (Hebrew #3681)
properly, covered, i.e. (as noun) a covering
KJV usage: covering.
Pronounce: kaw-soo'-ee
Origin: passive participle of 3680
of badgers’
tachash (Hebrew #8476)
a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope
KJV usage: badger.
Pronounce: takh'-ash
Origin: probably of foreign derivation
skins
`owr (Hebrew #5785)
skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
KJV usage: hide, leather, skin.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 5783
, and shall spread
paras (Hebrew #6566)
to break apart, disperse, etc.
KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
over
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
it a cloth
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
wholly
kaliyl (Hebrew #3632)
complete; as noun, the whole (specifically, a sacrifice entirely consumed); as adverb, fully
KJV usage: all, every whit, flame, perfect(-ion), utterly, whole burnt offering (sacrifice), wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-leel'
Origin: from 3634
of blue
tkeleth (Hebrew #8504)
the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
KJV usage: blue.
Pronounce: tek-ay'-leth
Origin: probably for 7827
, and shall put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
in the staves
bad (Hebrew #905)
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides
KJV usage: alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
Pronounce: bad
Origin: from 909
q thereof.
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1 Kings 8:7‑8• 7For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
 8And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. (1 Kings 8:7‑8)

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Badgers Skins,
Blue,
Cloth

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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badgers' skins.This was not the covering of badgers' skins made for the tabernacle, which was carried by the Gershonites, (ver. 24, 25,) but one made for the purpose of concealing and sheltering the ark when it was to be carried.a cloth.
Num. 4:7‑8,11‑13• 7And upon the table of showbread 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:
 8And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
 11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
 12And 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:
 13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: (Num. 4:7‑8,11‑13)
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Ex. 35:19• 19The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. (Ex. 35:19)
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Ex. 39:1,41• 1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the Lord commanded Moses.
 41The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. (Ex. 39:1,41)
and shall put.{Wesamoo baddaiv,} rather, "and adjust the staves thereof;" i.e., dispose them rightly under the covering, that they might be laid on their shoulders:
for the staves were never taken out of the rings.the staves.
Ex. 25:13‑15• 13And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
 14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
 15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. (Ex. 25:13‑15)
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1 Kings 8:7‑8• 7For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
 8And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. (1 Kings 8:7‑8)
• The badgers’ skins, and the circumstances with which this book is occupied, still suppose the walk to be in the wilderness. (“Numbers 4” by J.N. Darby)
• We have seen, in these skins, that practical and watchful holiness down here which keeps itself from the evil to which we are liable in passing through the wilderness. (“Numbers 4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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and shall put thereon a covering of badgers’ skin, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put its staves to it.

W. Kelly Translation

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and shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ (or tachasha) skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

WK Translation Notes

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It matters little comparatively for the typical truth conveyed whether חַּחַשׁ means a seal or a badger. It was certainly an external protective skin, sufficiently strong (as in Ezek. 16:30“How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord, Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;” (Ezekiel 16:30)) for women’s shoes to be made of it. The Septuagint translate it by ὑακίνθινα as Aquila by ἰάνθινα, and understood a peculiar colour to be meant. But Gesenius rightly, I think, decides against this, as do most, though it be not clear what animal is meant.