Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.
Numbers 4:13
Surrounding context
4:12 Then they shall take all the utensils 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.
4:13 Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.
4:14 They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there--the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar--and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles.