'Covering' in the Bible
The duties of the descendants of Gershon at the Tent of Meeting pertained to the tent, the tent covering, the curtain to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
They are to set a leather-dyed skin covering over it, cover it with a pure blue cloth, and then insert its poles.
They are to spread over them a scarlet cloth and a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles.
Then they are to put them with all the other utensils on the leather-dyed skin covering and set them on the beams for transport.
"On the golden altar, they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with a leather-dyed skin covering, and then insert its poles.
Then they are to take all the utensils for service with which they minister at the sanctuary, set them on the blue cloth, cover them with the leather-dyed skin covering, and then set them on the beams for transport.
Then they are to put all the instruments with which they minister there trays, forks, shovels, bowls, and all the utensils of the altar. They are to spread over it a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles.
"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the utensils of the sanctuary, and the camp is about to travel, then the descendants of Kohath are to come and carry them, but they are not to touch the most sacred objects, so they won't die. These are the duties of the descendants of Kohath at the Tent of Meeting."
They are to carry the curtain of the tent, the covering of the Tent of Meeting, the dyed leather covering that goes over it, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
It was so continuously there was a cloud covering by day, and a fire cloud appeared at night.
Every open vessel that has no covering fastened around it is to be considered unclean.