Numbers 4:6–14

⁶and shall put thereon a covering of badgers’ skin, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put its staves to it. ⁷And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue; and put thereon the dishes, and the cups, and the bowls, and goblets of the drink-offering; and the continual bread shall be thereon. ⁸And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skin, and shall put its staves to it. ⁹And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service; ¹⁰and they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badgers’ skin, and shall put it upon a pole. ¹¹And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skin, and shall put its staves to it. ¹²And they shall take all the instruments of service, wherewith they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skin, and shall put them upon a pole. ¹³And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon; ¹⁴and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they perform service about it: the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the bowls, —all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skin, and put its staves to it.