4:6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in {c} the staves thereof.
(c) That is, put them on their shoulders to carry it: for the bars of the ark could never be removed.
4:6 Badgers - skins - Whereby the ark was secured from the injuries of the weather.
4:4-20 The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to keep them from being seen. This not only marked the reverence due to holy things, but the mystery of the things signified by those types, and the darkness of the dispensation. But now, through Christ, the case is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace.
