Numbers 4:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹¹ Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather,^[a] and shall put its poles in place; ¹² and they shall take all the utensils of the service that are used in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of fine leather,^[b] and put them on the carrying-frame. ¹³ They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it;