민수기 4:11의 인용 해설

AND THE CONTINUAL BREAD SHALL REMAIN THEREON. On the table itself was to be the bread,¹⁹⁴The verse reads: And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the pans … and the continual bread shall remain thereon. Ramban interprets the verse to mean: “and upon the table of showbread, on which the continual bread shall remain, they shall spread a cloth of blue etc.” and upon them [i.e., the twelve loaves of bread] a cloth of blue, and upon this cloth which was on the table they put all the vessels, and afterwards they spread upon the vessels and the table a cloth of scarlet.¹⁹⁵Verse 8. For in honor of the bread which was arranged on the table according to the precept [of the Torah], they spread this cloth of blue in order to divide between the table and its bread [beneath the cloth], and the vessels [which lay above the cloth]; and the upper cover was a cloth of scarlet, which was a hue of red, because the table is a sign of the crown of royalty, which is [manifested by] the attribute of justice. But the ark and the golden altar were [covered on top] with a cloth of blue,¹⁹⁶Verse 6 (the ark); Verse 11 (the golden altar). alluding to the attribute which is comprised of hakol (the All),¹⁹⁷See Vol. I, p. 292. and the altar of the burnt-offering [was covered] with a purple cloth,¹⁹⁸Verse 13. which is redder than the first [i.e., the cloth of scarlet which was upon the table], for it is there [on the altar of the burnt-offering] that the blood of the offerings, which is a ransom for the souls [of those who offer them], is sprinkled.