Bamidbar 4:11

11 And upon the Mizbach HaZahav they shall spread a cloth of sky-blue, and cover it a tachash hide covering, and shall put in place the poles thereof;

Bamidbar 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:11

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue,
&c.] The altar of incense, which was overlaid with gold, and therefore called a golden one, to which the allusion is in ( Revelation 8:3 ) ;

and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins;
after the cloth of blue was spread upon it:

and shall put to the staves thereof;
into the rings, both made to bear and carry it, upon occasion, from place to place.

Bamidbar 4:11 In-Context

9 And they shall take a cloth of sky-blue, and cover the Menorat HaMa’ohr (Menorah of Illumination), and its nerot (lamps), and its tongs, and its trays, and all the klei shemen (oil vessels) thereof, wherewith they prepare it for [holy] service;

10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a tachash hide covering, and shall put it upon the carrying frame.

11 And upon the Mizbach HaZahav they shall spread a cloth of sky-blue, and cover it a tachash hide covering, and shall put in place the poles thereof;

12 And they shall take all the Klei HaSharet (Utensils of Ministry), wherewith they minister in HaKodesh, and put them in a cloth of skyblue, and cover them with a tachash hide covering, and shall put them on the carrying frame;

13 And they shall take away the ashes from the Mizbe’ach, and spread a purple cloth thereon: