Numbers 4:5–15

⁵When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down ^ethe covering veil and cover the ^fark of the Testimony with it. ⁶Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of ^gblue; and they shall insert ^hits poles.

⁷“On the ⁱtable of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the ¹pitchers for pouring; and the ^jshowbread ²shall be on it. ⁸They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. ⁹And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the ^klampstand of the light, ^lwith its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it. ¹⁰Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.

¹¹“Over ^mthe golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. ¹²Then they shall take all the ⁿutensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam. ¹³Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. ¹⁴They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the ³basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles. ¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then ^othe sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; ^pbut they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.

^q“These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.