They shall remove the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.
In context
11Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, cover it with a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles. 12They shall take all the utensils used for ministering in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a carrying frame. 13They shall remove the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. 14They shall put on it all the utensils used for ministering at it — the firepans, the forks, the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar — and spread over it a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles. 15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp is about to set out, only then shall the descendants of Kohath come to carry them; but they must not touch the holy things, or they will die. These are the things the descendants of Kohath are to carry at the tent of meeting.
