Numbers 4:4–15

⁴This is the work of the descendants^g of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary: ⁵When setting out the camp, Aaron and his sons will go and lower the curtain of the covering and cover with it the ark of the testimony.^{h 6}They will put on it a covering of fine leather,ⁱ and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles. ⁷And over the table of the presence they will spread out a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes, and libation bowls, and the pitchers of the libation; and the bread of continuity will be on it. ⁸They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of fine leather,^j and they will place its poles. ⁹They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light source, its lamps, a pair of its tongs, its small pans, and all the vessels of its oil with which they attend to it. ¹⁰They will put it and all its vessels inside a covering of fine leather^k and put it on the carrying frame. ¹¹Over the altar of gold they will spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of fine leather^l and place its poles. ¹²They will take all the vessels of the cultic service with which they serve in the sanctuary and put them on a blue cloth, and they will cover them with a covering of fine leather;^m and they will put them on the carrying frame. ¹³They will remove the fat-soaked ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it; ¹⁴they will put on it all the vessels with which they serve, the fire pans, forks, shovels, and bowls—all the vessels of the altar. They will spread on it a covering of fine leather;ⁿ and they will place its poles. ¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp sets out, the descendants^o of Kohath will come after to carry these, but they must not touch the sanctuary, or they will die. These are the load of the descendants^p of Kohath in the tent of assembly.