Numbers 4:5

“When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil that screens, and cover with it the ark of the testimony.”

Numbers 4:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 4:5, word by word

When the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

Where else “machane” appears
sets outנְסֹעַnesoa

set out

To break camp and set out for another place.

Where else “nesoa” appears
Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

Where else “aharon” appears
and his sonsבָנָיvanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vanay” appears
shall go inבָאva

enter

To go into a place.

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and take downהוֹרִדוּhoridu

bring down

To bring something or someone to a lower place.

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the veilפָּרֹכֶתparochet

veil

The veil: the curtain that separated the most holy place from the rest of the dwelling.

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that screensמָּסָךְmasach

screen

Screen: a hanging that covers an entrance, such as those of the dwelling and its courtyard; also any covering.

Where else “masach” appears
and coverכִסּוּchisu

cover

To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.

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the arkאֲרֹןaron

ark

The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.

Where else “aron” appears
of the testimonyעֵדֻתedut

testimony

Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.

Where else “edut” appears

The context

4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.

5 · This verse (above)

6And they shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over it a cloth entirely of blue, and put in its poles.

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