Exodus 26:31 — Meaning and Application

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:”

Exodus 26:31

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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.

And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

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:

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.

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.

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Exodus 26:1

"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. {of cunning...: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer}"

Exodus 26:2

"The length of one curtain {shall be} eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure."

Exodus 26:3

"The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and {other} five curtains {shall be} coupled one to another."

Exodus 26:4

"And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of {another} curtain, in the coupling of the second. {selvedge: an edge of cloth so woven that it cannot unravel}"

Exodus 26:5

"Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that {is} in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another."

Exodus 26:6

"And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle."

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