Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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 will put on it a covering of {fine leather}, and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles.
Exodus 27:3
And you will make its pots for removing its fat-soaked ashes and its shovels and its sprinkling bowls and its forks and its fire pans; you will make all its equipment [with] bronze.
Exodus 39:1
And from the blue and the purple and the crimson [yarns] they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, and they made the holy garments that were for Aaron, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Leviticus 6:12
but the fire on the altar must be kept burning on it; it must not be quenched. And the priest must burn wood {every morning} on it, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it, and he shall turn into smoke the fat portions of the fellowship offerings on it.
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Numbers 4:8
They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of {fine leather}, and they will place its poles.