1. Numbers 4:4 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What are “the most holy things”?

Numbers 4:4 (ESV)

4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.

The most holy things include the ark of the covenant (or the ark of the testimony), the table of showbread (or table of the bread of the presence), the seven-branched golden lampstand, and the golden altar (Exodus 25:10–40; Exodus 27:1–8).  

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