Numbers 4:5

Good News Translation (US Version)

The Lord gave Moses the following instructions. When it is time to break camp, Aaron and his sons shall enter the Tent, take down the curtain in front of the Covenant Box, and cover the Box with it.

Cross References

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the second curtain was the tent called the Most Holy Place.

Matthew 27:51

Then the curtain hanging in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split apart,

Hebrews 10:20

He opened for us a new way, a living way, through the curtain—that is, through his own body.

Isaiah 25:7

Here he will suddenly remove the cloud of sorrow that has been hanging over all the nations.

Numbers 10:14

and each time they moved, they were in the same order. Those under the banner of the division led by the tribe of Judah started out first, company by company, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.

Numbers 4:15

When it is time to break camp, the clan of Kohath shall come to carry the sacred objects only after Aaron and his sons have finished covering them and all their equipment. The Kohath clan must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohath clan whenever the Tent is moved.

Exodus 40:3

Place in it the Covenant Box containing the Ten Commandments and put the curtain in front of it.

Exodus 36:35

They made a curtain of fine linen, woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered it with figures of winged creatures.

Exodus 40:5

Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the Covenant Box and hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tent.

Leviticus 16:2

He said, “Tell your brother Aaron that only at the proper time is he to go behind the curtain into the Most Holy Place, because that is where I appear in a cloud above the lid on the Covenant Box. If he disobeys, he will be killed.

Numbers 4:4

Their service involves the most holy things.

Numbers 7:9

But Moses gave no wagons or oxen to the Kohathites, because the sacred objects they took care of had to be carried on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 31:9

So Moses wrote down God's Law and gave it to the levitical priests, who were in charge of the Lord's Covenant Box, and to the leaders of Israel.

1 Samuel 6:19

The Lord killed seventy of the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked inside the Covenant Box. And the people mourned because the Lord had caused such a great slaughter among them.

1 Chronicles 15:15

The Levites carried it on poles on their shoulders, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.

1 Chronicles 23:26

So there is no longer any need for the Levites to carry the Tent of the Lord's presence and all the equipment used in worship.”

2 Chronicles 3:14

A curtain for the Most Holy Place was made of linen and of other material, which was dyed blue, purple, and red, with designs of the winged creatures worked into it.