Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 4:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people shall cover with a blue cloth the thing on which the lamps are placed, and cover the lamps and the scissors that are used to cut the wicks and the utensils used to sweep the soot from the lamps, and all the utensils in which are placed the oil for the work/function of the lamps.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then they must cover the lampstand and its lamps, the tongs, trays, and vessels for oil with a blue cloth. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘The thing-to-place the lamp [they] will-wrap (it) with a blue cloth, including its lamps, the wick-trimmers, the thing-to-catch the ashes (from) the wick of the lamp, and jars where to-put the oil for the lamp.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘hen with another blue cloth they must cover the lampstand, the lamps, the lamp snuffers, the trays, and the special jars of olive oil to burn in the lamps.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
