Exodus 26:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.”
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“Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“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:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it <FI>with<Fi> cherubs;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 26:31 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 25:4blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
- Exodus 25:18Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 26:1“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 27:16The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
- Exodus 28:15You 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 35:6blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
- Exodus 35:12the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
- Exodus 35:25Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen.
- Exodus 35:35He 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.
- Exodus 36:8All 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 36:35Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 38:23With 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.
- Exodus 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
- Exodus 40:21Then 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.
- Leviticus 16:2And 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 seat.
- Leviticus 16:15Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
- Numbers 4:5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
- 2 Chronicles 2:7Send 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 David provided.
- 2 Chronicles 3:14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
- Psalms 137:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
- Song of Solomon 7:1How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
- Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- Mark 15:38And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
- Luke 23:45The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn down the middle.
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