{The Lord said to Moses,} “Use acacia wood and build an altar. [211] The altar should be square. It must be 5 cubits [212] long, 5 cubits [213] wide, and 3 cubits [214] high.
Numbers 4:14 - Easy To Read Version Then they must gather together all the things that are used for worship at the altar. These are the fire pans, forks, shovels, and the bowls. They must put these things on the {bronze} altar. Then they must spread a covering of fine leather [61] over the altar. They must put the poles for carrying it in {the rings on the altar}. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they shall put upon it all its vessels and utensils with which they minister there, the firepans, the fleshhooks or forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the vessels and utensils of the altar, and they shall spread over it all a covering of dolphin or porpoise skin, and shall put in its poles [for carrying]. American Standard Version (1901) and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof. Common English Bible They will place on it all the equipment used for servicing it, the censers, the meat fork, the shovels, the bowls, all the equipment of the altar. They will spread a covering of fine leather over it and then set its poles in place. Catholic Public Domain Version and they shall place it with all the vessels which they use in its ministry, that is, receptacles for fire, small hooks as well as forks, larger hooks and shovels. They shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a veil of violet skins, and they shall draw in the bars. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the ministry thereof: that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and forks, pothooks and shovels. They shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins: and shall put in the bars. |
{The Lord said to Moses,} “Use acacia wood and build an altar. [211] The altar should be square. It must be 5 cubits [212] long, 5 cubits [213] wide, and 3 cubits [214] high.
“Use bronze [216] to make all the tools and dishes that will be used on the altar. [217] Make pots, shovels, bowls, forks, and pans. These will be used for cleaning ashes from the altar.
“They must clean the ashes out of the {bronze} altar and spread a purple cloth over it.
“Aaron and his sons must finish covering all the holy things in the Holy Place. [62] Then the men from the Kohath family can go in and begin carrying those things. In this way, they will not touch the Holy Place and die.
Then they must cover all of this with covering made from fine leather. [55] Then they must spread the solid blue cloth over the leather and put the poles {in the rings on the Holy Box}.