Num 4:4 | KingComments | STEP | The first of whom the task is specified are the descendants of Kohath. They have the most important task: the care for the objects in the holy and the holy of holies. In order to perform their task, they must be between thirty and fifty years old. For us these ages are not literally, but spiritually applicable. It is the period of power. Caring for the holy things requires spiritual strength. We must give the Lord the best years of our lives. We can also make the application here that there are tasks in the church that a newly converted cannot fulfil ( ). There are also other ages in connection with the Levites’ service: 1. They may already perform certain activities from the age of twenty-five ( ). 2. Later, in the time of David, they may begin already at the age of twenty ( ; ). To transport the objects of the tabernacle, they must be packed in ‘travel clothing’. The objects are successively covered by the following different coverings: Over the ark ( ): 1. the veil – 2. a covering of porpoise skin – 3. a cloth of pure blue. Over the table ( ): 1. cloth of blue – 2. cloth of scarlet [material] – 3. a covering of porpoise skin. Over the lampstand ( ): 1. a blue cloth – 2. a covering of porpoise skin. Over the golden altar ( ): 1. a blue cloth–2. a covering of porpoise skin. Over the bronze altar ( ): 1. a purple cloth

‏ Numbers 4:4

Service of the Kohathites

The first of whom the task is specified are the descendants of Kohath. They have the most important task: the care for the objects in the holy and the holy of holies. In order to perform their task, they must be between thirty and fifty years old. For us these ages are not literally, but spiritually applicable. It is the period of power. Caring for the holy things requires spiritual strength. We must give the Lord the best years of our lives. We can also make the application here that there are tasks in the church that a newly converted cannot fulfil (1Tim 3:2 ; 6).

There are also other ages in connection with the Levites’ service:

1. They may already perform certain activities from the age of twenty-five (Num 8:24).

2. Later, in the time of David, they may begin already at the age of twenty (1Chr 23:24; Ezra 3:8).

To transport the objects of the tabernacle, they must be packed in ‘travel clothing’. The objects are successively covered by the following different coverings:

Over the ark (Num 4:5-6):

1. the veil – 2. a covering of porpoise skin – 3. a cloth of pure blue.

Over the table (Num 4:7-8):

1. cloth of blue – 2. cloth of scarlet [material] – 3. a covering of porpoise skin.

Over the lampstand (Num 4:9-10):

1. a blue cloth – 2. a covering of porpoise skin.

Over the golden altar (Num 4:11-12):

1. a blue cloth–2. a covering of porpoise skin.

Over the bronze altar (Num 4:13-14):

1. a purple cloth – 2. a cover of porpoise skin.