Numbers 4:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ “They must clean the ashes off the bronze altar [Ex. 27:1–8] and spread a purple cloth over it. ¹⁴ They must gather all the things used for serving at the altar—the ·pans for carrying the fire [firepans], the meat forks, the shovels, and the ·bowls [basins]—and put them on the bronze altar. Then they must spread a covering of ·fine leather [or sea cow hide; Ex. 26:14] over it and put the poles in place.

¹⁵ “When the ·Israelites are [^Lcamp is] ready to move, and when Aaron and his sons have covered the ·holy furniture [or Holy Place] and all the holy things, the Kohathites may go in and carry them away. In this way they won’t touch the holy things and die. It is the Kohathites’ job to carry the things that are in the Meeting Tent.