And they shall take away the ashes from the altar. —In Exodus 27:3 we find a direction to make pans for removing the ashe…

A royal altar is this, always grand and glorious in our eyes, covered with a purple cloth.

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

The Kohathites were to carry the holy things of the tabernacle. All the holy things were to be covered; not only for security and respect, but to k…