And they shall remove the ashes fromוְדִשְּׁנוּthe altarאֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַand spreadוּפָרְשׂוּover itעָלָיוa clothבֶּגֶדof purple.אַרְגָּמָן
Numbers 4:13
Study it in the app“And they shall remove the ashes from the altar and spread over it a cloth of purple.”
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Numbers 4:13, word by word
- And they shall remove the ashes fromדִשְּׁנוּdishnu
remove ashes
To clear from the altar the fatty remains of burnt offerings.
Where else “dishnu” appears- the altarמִּזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- and spreadפָרְשׂוּfarsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “farsu” appears- a clothבֶּגֶדbeged
garment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “beged” appears- of purpleאַרְגָּמָןargaman
purple
Thread or cloth dyed purple, a costly dark red.
Where else “argaman” appears
The context
12And they shall take all the utensils of ministry with which they minister in the Holy Place, and put them into a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.
13 · This verse (above)
14And they shall put on it all its utensils with which they minister on it: the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread over it a covering of fine leather, and put in its poles.