Numbers 4:11-13

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹¹ And over the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles; ¹² and they shall take all the vessels of the service which are used in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of goatskin, and put them on the carrying frame. ¹³ And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it;