Exodus 25:4
in Exodus 25blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
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ASV
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
KJV
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
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This verse in Exodus 25
Commentary
5 notes on this verseBlue - תכלת techeleth, generally supposed to mean an azure or sky color; rendered by the Septuagint ὑακινθον, and by the Vulgate hyacinthum, a sky-blue or deep violet. Purple - ארגמן argaman, a very precious color, extracted from the purpura or murex, a species of shell-fish, from which it is supposed the famous Tyrian purple came, so costly, and so much celebrated in antiquity. See this largely described, and the manner of dyeing it, in Pliny, Hist. Nat., lib. ix., c. 60-65, edit. Bipont.
This site's exposition
the offering which ye shall take
on Exodus 25:3-7
The metals are named in an order the whole structure keeps to, gold then silver then brass, and chapter 26 grades them the same way by how far a thing sits from the ark. The gold and the silver came out of Egypt at 12:35 and 12:36, handed over by the people who had held Israel as slaves. Incense occurs here for the first time in Scripture, listed as a raw supply four chapters before the altar it burns on is given at 30:1.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
It is very necessary that when we are moved by compunction concerning ourselves, we also be zealous for the life of those entrusted to us. Therefore, let the bitterness of compunction affect us in such a way that it does not turn us away from the care of our neighbors. For what does it profit if, loving ourselves, we abandon our neighbors? Or again, what does it profit if, loving or being zealous for our neighbors, we abandon ourselves?
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), all of them things that there would be occasion for in the tabernacle, or the service of it. Some observe that here was gold, silver, and brass, provided, but no iron; that is the military metal, and this was to be a house of peace.
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The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּתְכֵ֧לֶת | utekhelet | and violet stuff | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן | veargaman | and purple | H713 → | 38 times |
| וְתוֹלַ֥עַת | vetolaat | and scarlet stuff of | H8438 → | 43 times |
| שָׁנִ֖י | shani | scarlet | H8144 → | 42 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
| וְעִזִּֽים׃ | veizim | and goat hair<s> | H5795 → | 74 times |
וּתְכֵ֧לֶתand violet stuff
utekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןand purple
veargamanH713 →38 times
וְתוֹלַ֥עַתand scarlet stuff of
vetolaatH8438 →43 times
שָׁנִ֖יscarlet
shaniH8144 →42 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand fine linen
vesheshH8336 →41 times
וְעִזִּֽים׃and goat hair<s>
veizimH5795 →74 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 19:8She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:10
I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 7:13–14
Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”
- Psalms 132:9
May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.
- Ephesians 5:26–27
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to…
- Isaiah 61:10
Through
Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.
it leads to
- Daniel 5:7
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be…
- Daniel 5:29
Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
- Esther 3:10
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
- Daniel 5:7
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Gregory the Dialogist, Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 17; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.