KJV King James Version
And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
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2 Chronicles 3:14
And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
WEB World English Bible
He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.
ASV American Standard Version
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 3
11 And the wings of the cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one wing [of the one cherub was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
12 And [one] wing of the other cherub [was] five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing [was] five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
13 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.
14 And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
15 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that [was] on the top of each of them [was] five cubits.
16 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put [them] on the chains.
17 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙H6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַפָּרֹ֔כֶתH6532 · po.re.khetcurtainתְּכֵ֥לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueוְאַרְגָּמָ֖ןH713 · ar.ga.manpurpleוְכַרְמִ֣ילH3758 · kar.milcrimsonוּב֑וּץH948 · butsfine linenוַיַּ֥עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעָלָ֖יוH5921 · aluponכְּרוּבִֽים׃ סH3742 · ke.ruvcherub
Cross-references
Hebrews 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;Exodus 26:31-35And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:Matthew 27:51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;Hebrews 10:20By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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