Numbers 4:13

Have them clean the ashes from the bronze altar and spread a purple cloth over it,

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In The King James Version

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

In Context

12They are to place all the utensils used for the service in the sanctuary in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and place them on the carrying frame.

14and put on it all the equipment used in the services on the altar: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. Spread over it a fine leather covering and then insert its carrying poles.

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Cross References

Exodus 39:1They made woven clothing from blue, purple, and crimson thread for serving in the sanctuary. They also made holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

Leviticus 6:12The fire on the altar must be kept burning—don't let it go out. Each morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, carefully place the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat parts of the peace offerings on it.

Numbers 4:11They are to spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with fine leather, and then insert its carrying poles.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 4:2-21

The Office of the Levites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: 5 And when the camp setteth forward,… Read the whole commentary →

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