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Num. 4:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they shall take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
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
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 cover
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the candlestick
mnowrah (Hebrew #4501)
feminine of 4500 (in the original sense of 5216); a chandelier
KJV usage: candlestick.
Pronounce: men-o-raw'
Origin: or mnorah {men-o-raw'}
w of the light
ma'owr (Hebrew #3974)
also (in plural) feminine mpowrah {meh-o-raw'}; or morah {meh-o-raw'}; from 215; properly, a luminous body or luminary, i.e. (abstractly) light (as an element): figuratively, brightness, i.e.cheerfulness; specifically, a chandelier
KJV usage: bright, light.
Pronounce: maw-ore'
Origin: or maor {maw-ore'}
, and his lamps
niyr (Hebrew #5216)
also neyr {nare}; or ner {nare}; or (feminine) nerah {nay-raw'}; from a primitive root (see 5214; 5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: candle, lamp, light.
Pronounce: neer
Origin: or nir {neer}
, and his tongs
melqach (Hebrew #4457)
from 3947; (only in dual) tweezers
KJV usage: snuffers, tongs.
Pronounce: mel-kawkh'
Origin: or malqach {mal-kawkh'}
, and his snuffdishes
machtah (Hebrew #4289)
a pan for live coals
KJV usage: censer, firepan, snuffdish.
Pronounce: makh-taw'
Origin: the same as 4288 in the sense of removal
, and all the oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
vessels
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
thereof, wherewith they minister
sharath (Hebrew #8334)
to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
KJV usage: minister (unto), (do) serve(- ant, -ice, -itor), wait on.
Pronounce: shaw-rath'
Origin: a primitive root
unto it:
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Ex. 25:31‑38• 31And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
 32And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof—three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;
 33three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.
 34And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
 35and a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.
 36Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself—all of one beaten work of pure gold.
 37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;
 38and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold. (Ex. 25:31‑38)

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Blue,
candlestick,
Cloth,
Light,
Minister,
Oil,
Snuff-dishes

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 25:31‑39• 31And thou shalt make a lamp-stand of pure gold; of beaten work shall the lamp-stand be made: its base and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of the same.
 32And six branches shall come out of the sides thereof—three branches of the lamp-stand out of one side thereof, and three branches of the lamp-stand out of the other side thereof;
 33three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower: and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the lamp-stand.
 34And in the lamp-stand four cups shaped like almonds, its knobs and its flowers;
 35and a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, and again a knob under two branches of it, for the six branches that proceed out of the lamp-stand.
 36Their knobs and their branches shall be of itself—all of one beaten work of pure gold.
 37And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof, and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may shine out before it;
 38and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
 39Of a talent of pure gold shall they make it, with all these utensils. (Ex. 25:31‑39)
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Ex. 37:17‑24• 17And he made the candlestick of pure gold; of beaten work he made the candlestick: its base, and its shaft, its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of itself.
 18And six branches went out of the sides thereof—three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof;
 19there were three cups shaped like almonds in the one branch, a knob and a flower; and three cups shaped like almonds in the other branch, a knob and a flower: so in the six branches which went out of the candlestick.
 20And in the candlestick were four cups, shaped like almonds, its knobs, and its flowers;
 21and a knob under two branches thereof, and again a knob under two branches thereof, and again a knob under two branches thereof, for the six branches which went out of it.
 22Their knobs and their branches were of itself—all of one beaten work of pure gold.
 23And he made the seven lamps thereof, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuff-trays thereof, of pure gold.
 24Of a talent of pure gold he made it, and all its utensils. (Ex. 37:17‑24)
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Psa. 119:105• 105A lamp to my feet [is] thy word,{HR}And a light to my path. (Psa. 119:105)
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Rev. 1:20• 20the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest on my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands; the seven stars are angels of the seven churches, and the seven lamp-stands are seven churches. (Rev. 1:20)
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Rev. 2:1• 1To the angel of the church that is in Ephesus write, These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, that walketh in the midst of the seven golden lamp-stands: (Rev. 2:1)
• It was the spiritual perfection of the light . the Spirit; that which covered it was simply heavenly. (“Numbers 4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the lighta, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;

JND Translation Notes

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As Ex. 25.6.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)