What is the significance of the “purple cloth” to cover the bronze altar?
Nombres 4:13 (NEG79)
13Ils ôteront les cendres de l'autel, et ils étendront sur l'autel un drap de pourpre;
Apparently, this colour was inferior in quality to the more beautiful scarlet cloths in which the items of the Holy Place were to be enveloped, showing its comparative ranking and that it belongs outside the Holy Place.
13 Ils ôteront les cendres de l'autel, et ils étendront sur l'autel un drap de pourpre;