10. They will place it and its equipment in a covering of fine leather, and then place it on the carrying frame.
11. They will spread a blue cloth on the gold altar and cover it with fine leather.
12. They will take all the service equipment used in the sanctuary, place it in a blue cloth, and cover it with fine leather. Then they will place it on the carrying frame.
13. They will remove the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth on it.
14. They will place on it all the equipment used for servicing it, the censers, the meat fork, the shovels, the bowls, all the equipment of the altar. They will spread a covering of fine leather over it and then set its poles in place.
15. Aaron and his sons will finish covering the sanctuary and all the equipment of the sanctuary when it is time to break camp. After that the Kohathites will enter to carry it, but they will not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the objects in the dwelling that the Kohathites are to carry.
16. But Eleazar son of Aaron the priest will have oversight of the oil for lighting, the fragrant incense, the regular grain offering, and the anointing oil, as well as oversight of the entire dwelling and everything in it related to the sanctuary and its equipment.
17. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
18. You must not let the tribe of the Kohathite clans be eliminated from the Levites.