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Num 4:5 — And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And when		Num 2:16,17; Num 10:14
Aaron shall come		The law prohibiting any person, except the high priest on one day in the year, to enter into the most holy place, must have admitted an exception while the Israelites were in the wilderness: that exception, therefore, is here expressly made; and the directions given respecting it must be religiously observed, or the service could not be safely performed. While the cloud rested on the tabernacle, the general rule was in force; but when it was removed, then the priests might enter to prepare the sacred vessels for removal. Num 4:15; Num 3:27-32
they shall		Exd 26:31-33; Exd 36:35; Exd 40:3; Isa 25:7; Mat 27:51; Hbr 9:3; Hbr 10:20
and cover		Exd 25:10-22; Exd 37:1-9; 2Sa 6:2-9

Correlating Passages

And when

	Num 2:16	All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
	Num 2:17	Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
	Num 10:14	In the first [place] went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host [was] Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

Aaron shall come

	Num 4:15	And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
	Num 3:27	And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites.
	Num 3:28	In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
	Num 3:29	The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
	Num 3:30	And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
	Num 3:31	And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
	Num 3:32	And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

they shall

	Exd 26:31	And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
	Exd 26:32	And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
	Exd 26:33	And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.
	Exd 36:35	And he made a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.
	Exd 40:3	And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
	Isa 25:7	And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
	Mat 27:51	And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
	Hbr 9:3	And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
	Hbr 10:20	By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

and cover

	Exd 25:10	And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
	Exd 25:11	And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
	Exd 25:12	And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put [them] in the four corners thereof; and two rings [shall be] in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
	Exd 25:13	And thou shalt make staves [of] shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
	Exd 25:14	And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
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	Exd 37:1	And Bezaleel made the ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [was] the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
	Exd 37:2	And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about.
	Exd 37:3	And he cast for it four rings of gold, [to be set] by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
	Exd 37:4	And he made staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
	Exd 37:5	And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
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	2Sa 6:2	And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth [between] the cherubims.
	2Sa 6:3	And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
	2Sa 6:4	And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which [was] at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
	2Sa 6:5	And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
	2Sa 6:6	And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook [it].
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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 4:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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