Numbers 4:13

They are also to remove the ashes on the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.

Exodus 27:1-8

"You are to make the altar of acacia wood. It is to be five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar is to be a square, and it is to be three cubits high.

Exodus 39:1

From the blue, purple, and scarlet material they made finely woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, and they made the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 39:41

the woven garments for Aaron the priest for ministering in the Holy Place, and the garments for his sons for serving as priests.

Leviticus 6:12-13

The fire on the altar is to be kept burning continuously without being extinguished. The priest is to burn wood on it every morning, arrange burnt offerings over it, and then burn the fat contained in the peace offerings over it.

Numbers 4:6-9

They are to set a leather-dyed skin covering over it, cover it with a pure blue cloth, and then insert its poles.

Numbers 4:11-12

"On the golden altar, they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with a leather-dyed skin covering, and then insert its poles.

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Summary

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

The embers of the sacred fire seem to have been removed in the grate, which was carried apart from the brazen altar; both being covered from view by purple cloths

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Bible References

The embers of the sacred fire seem to have been removed in the grate, which was carried apart from the brazen altar; both being covered from view by purple cloths

Numbers 4:6
They are to set a leather-dyed skin covering over it, cover it with a pure blue cloth, and then insert its poles.
Exodus 27:3
You are to make pans for removing its ashes, shovels, bowls, forks, and fire-pans for it, and you are to make all its utensils of bronze.
Exodus 39:1
From the blue, purple, and scarlet material they made finely woven garments for ministering in the Holy Place, and they made the holy garments for Aaron, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 6:12
The fire on the altar is to be kept burning continuously without being extinguished. The priest is to burn wood on it every morning, arrange burnt offerings over it, and then burn the fat contained in the peace offerings over it.

General references

Numbers 4:8
They are to spread over them a scarlet cloth and a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles.

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