Numbers 4:13
King James VersionSource notes
“And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:”
Context
10And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put upon a bar.
11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
12And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put on a bar:
13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
14And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers skins, and put to the staves of it.
15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear but they shall not touch holy thing, lest they die. These the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
16And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.