Exodus 26:31 “Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,…”

Exodus 26:31

Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

“You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. It shall be the work of a skillful workman.

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer, thou shalt make a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen: thou shalt make it of broydred worke with Cherubims.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; of artistic work shall it be made, with cherubim.

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;

Bible in Basic English

And you are to make a veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman:

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Cross references

“a vail of”

Matthew 27:51 2 Chronicles 3:14 Exodus 36:35 Leviticus 16:2 Exodus 40:3 Exodus 40:21

Matthew 27:51 · BSB

At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

2 Chronicles 3:14 · BSB

He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

Exodus 36:35 · BSB

Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

Leviticus 16:2 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy…

Exodus 40:3 · BSB

Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

Exodus 40:21 · BSB

Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.

“blue”

Exodus 36:8 Exodus 25:4 Exodus 35:6 Exodus 35:25 Exodus 35:35

Exodus 36:8 · BSB

All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exodus 25:4 · BSB

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

Exodus 35:6 · BSB

blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;

Exodus 35:25 · BSB

Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.

Exodus 35:35 · BSB

He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and as weavers—as artistic designers of every kind of craft.

“cunning work”

Exodus 26:1 Exodus 28:15 Exodus 38:23 2 Chronicles 2:7–13 Psalm 137:5 Song of Solomon 7:1

Exodus 26:1 · BSB

“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.

Exodus 28:15 · BSB

You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

Exodus 38:23 · BSB

With him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.

2 Chronicles 2:7–13 · BSB

Send me, therefore, a craftsman skilled in engraving to work with gold and silver, with bronze and iron, and with purple, crimson, and blue yarn. He will work with my craftsmen in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father Davi…

Psalm 137:5 · BSB

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

Song of Solomon 7:1 · BSB

How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.

“cherubims shall it be made”

Exodus 25:18

Exodus 25:18 · BSB

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

32Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

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