Reference

Numbers 4:12

Ongoing Atonement
“And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:”
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And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

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And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

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And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar:

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And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

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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.

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Ongoing Atonement

This verse describes the physical handling and transportation of cultic objects in an earthly sanctuary by human priests, making no mention of Christ, a heavenly sanctuary, or an ongoing priestly ministry of intercession, application, or mediation. The actions described are preparatory for travel, not for atonement.

Ongoing Atonement
Ongoing Atonement

Cross-References

Numbers 4:10Thematic

“And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.”

Exodus 31:10Thematic

“And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,”

2 Chronicles 4:22Thematic

“And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.”

Exodus 25:9Thematic

“According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.”

Numbers 4:9Thematic

“And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:”

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Ongoing Atonement

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