John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps , etc.] Which had lamps in it, and were continually lighted, and gave light in the holy place: and his tongs, and his snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof , wherewith they minister unto it ; by supplying the lamps with oil, and snuffing and trimming them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 cas is altered, and we are encouraged to come boldly to the throne of grace.
Original Hebrew ולקחו3947 בגד899 תכלת8504 וכסו3680 את853 מנרת4501 המאור3974 ואת853 נרתיה5216 ואת853 מלקחיה4457 ואת853 מחתתיה4289 ואת853 כל3605 כלי3627 שׁמנה8081 אשׁר834 ישׁרתו8334 לה
