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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.

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ASV

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them.

KJV

Moreover 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.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֥ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908 →
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖הta.'a.Sehyou will makeH6213 →
עֶ֣שֶׂר'E.sertenH6235 →
יְרִיעֹ֑תye.ri.'OtcurtainsH3407 →
שֵׁ֣שׁsheshfine linenH8336 →
מָשְׁזָ֗רma.she.ZartwistedH7806 →
וּתְכֵ֤לֶתu.te.Khe.letand violet stuffH8504 →
וְאַרְגָּמָן֙ve.'ar.ga.Manand purpleH713 →
וְתֹלַ֣עַתve.to.La.'atand scarlet stuff ofH8438 →
שָׁנִ֔יsha.NiscarletH8144 →
כְּרֻבִ֛יםke.ru.VimcherubimH3742 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.Seh[the] work ofH4639 →
חֹשֵׁ֖בcho.Sheva skillful workerH2803 →
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.Sehyou will makeH6213 →
אֹתָֽם׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →

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Exodus 36:8–19All 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 26:36For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.Exodus 36:35Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.Exodus 25:18Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,Exodus 26:31Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.1 Chronicles 17:1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”Exodus 40:2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.Hebrews 9:23–24So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Exodus 40:17–19So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.1 Chronicles 21:29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,Hebrews 8:2and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.John 2:21But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.Exodus 25:8And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.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.Exodus 25:4blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;Hebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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