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13 Then they shall take away the [a]ashes from the (A)altar and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they minister in connection with it: the firepans, the flesh hooks and shovels and the bowls, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of porpoise skin over it and insert its poles. 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects (B)and die. These are the [b]things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:13 Soaked with fat; or fat ashes
  2. Numbers 4:15 Lit burden...of the sons