Numbers 4:14
Hebrew Bible
12 Then they must take all the utensils of the service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a carrying beam. 13 Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there—the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles. 15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Numbers 4:14
Septuagint
12 And they will take all the implements for ministering, that they minister with them with the holy things, and they will place them in a blue cloth and will cover them with a covering of blue leather, and they will place them on carrying poles. 13 And he will place the covering on the altar and so cover it with an all-purple cloth. 14 And they will place all the implements on it with which they minister on it by them, and so the censers and the flesh-hooks and the bowls and the covering and all the implements for the altar, and they will place a covering of blue leather on it and put its carrying poles into place. And they will take a purple cloth and cover the basin and its base, and they will place it into a covering of blue leather, and they will place these on poles. 15 And Aaron and his sons will finish covering up the holy things and all the holy implements when the encampment is taken down, and following these procedures, the sons of Kohath will go in to transport these things, and they will not touch the holy things, so that they do not die. The sons of Kohath will care for these things with respect to the tent of testimony.
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... There is a long section that has been added in the Christian period LXX edition at the end of verse 14 before the start of verse 15. This addition is definitely not in 4QLXXNum/4Q121 = Rahlfs 803 ..."
van Wyk, Koot
A Presentation of 4QLXXNum in Comparison with the LXX and MT
(pp. 114-138) Avondale College of Higher Education, 2013
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