Numbers 4:13
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They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth,

Numbers 4:6-9,11,12 And shall cover it again with a cover of violet skins, and shall spread over it a cloth all of violet, and shall put in the bars. . . .

Exodus 27:3-5 And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass. . . .

Exodus 39:1,41 And he made, of violet and purple, scarlet and fine linen, the vestments for Aaron to wear when he ministered in the holy places, as the Lord commanded Moses. . . .

Leviticus 6:12,13 And the fire on the altar shall always burn, and the priest shall feed it, putting wood on it every day in the morning: and laying on the holocaust, shall burn thereupon the fat of the peace offerings. . . .

Context
The Duties of the Kohathites
12All the vessels wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, they shall wrap up in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars. 13They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and shall wrap it up in a purple cloth,14And shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the ministry thereof, that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and forks, pothooks and shovels. They shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars.…
Cross References
Exodus 27:1
Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long, and as many broad, that is four square, and three cubits high.

Numbers 4:12
All the vessels wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, they shall wrap up in a cloth of violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars.

Numbers 4:14
And shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the ministry thereof, that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and forks, pothooks and shovels. They shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars.

Lexicon
Then they shall remove the ashes
וְדִשְּׁנ֖וּ (wə·ḏiš·šə·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1878: To be fat, to fatten, to anoint, to satisfy, to remove, ashes

from the bronze altar,
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar

spread
וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ (ū·p̄ā·rə·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6566: To break apart, disperse

a purple
אַרְגָּמָֽן׃ (’ar·gā·mān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 713: Purple, red-purple

cloth
בֶּ֖גֶד (be·ḡeḏ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

over it,
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple.

And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon;

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth upon it:

"They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

and have removed the ashes of the altar, and have spread over it a garment of purple;
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