Numbers 4:8
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“And 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.”
עוֹר
Skin. Or. God made garments of skin for Adam and Eve. The first sacrifice to cover human shame. A picture of the cross where Jesus covers our sin completely.
שָׁנִי
scarlet
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שָׁנִי
Scarlet, crimson red. Shani. Though your sins are scarlet they shall be as white as snow. The deep red of sin becomes the pure white of forgiveness.
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עַל
over/ them
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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תּוֹלָע
scarlet stuff of
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תּוֹלָע
the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith
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תַּחַשׁ
dolphin
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תַּחַשׁ
a (clean) animal with fur, probably a species of antelope
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