Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1878 [e] וְדִשְּׁנ֖וּ wə-ḏiš-šə-nū and they shall take away the ashes Conj-w | V-Piel-ConjPerf-3cp 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 4196 [e] הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ ham-miz-bê-aḥ; from the altar Art | N-ms 6566 [e] וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ ū-p̄ā-rə-śū and spread Conj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp 5921 [e] עָלָ֔יו ‘ā-lāw, over it Prep | 3ms 899 [e] בֶּ֖גֶד be-ḡeḏ a cloth N-msc 713 [e] אַרְגָּמָֽן׃ ’ar-gā-mān. purple N-ms

New American Standard Bible
"Then they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are to remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,

The embers of the sacred fire seem to have been removed in the grate, which was carried apart from the brazen altar; both being covered from view by purple cloths.

Numbers 4:6-9,11,12 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread …

Exodus 27:3-5 And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, …

Exodus 39:1,41 And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, …

Leviticus 6:12,13 And the fire on the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be …

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