KJV King James Version
And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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Exodus 26:31
And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall it be made:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it with cherubs;
Surrounding context — Exodus 26
28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings [of] gold [for] places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.
30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
31 And thou shalt make a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.
34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy [place].
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וְעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213 · a.sahto make: doפָרֹ֗כֶתH6532 · po.re.khetcurtainתְּכֵ֧לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueוְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןH713 · ar.ga.manpurpleוְתוֹלַ֥עַתH8438 · to.lawormשָׁנִ֖יH8144 · sha.niscarletוְשֵׁ֣שׁH8336 · sheshalabasterמָשְׁזָ֑רH7806 · sha.zarto twistמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workחֹשֵׁ֛בH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designיַעֲשֶׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֹתָ֖הּH853 · et[Obj.]כְּרֻבִֽים׃H3742 · ke.ruvcherub
Cross-references
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;2 Chronicles 3:14And he made the vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.Exodus 36:35And he made a vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.Exodus 26:1Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.Exodus 36:8And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work made he them.Exodus 25:4And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair],Exodus 38:23And with him [was] Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.Hebrews 9:3-8And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;Exodus 35:6And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ [hair],Psalm 137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning].Leviticus 16:15Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that [is] for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:Exodus 28:15And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.2 Chronicles 2:7-13Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that [are] with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.Exodus 25:18And thou shalt make two cherubims [of] gold, [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.Hebrews 10:20-21By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;Ephesians 2:14For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];Exodus 35:25And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, [both] of blue, and of purple, [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen.
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