Exodus 36:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־הַפָּרֹ֔כֶת תְּכֵ֧לֶת וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן וְתוֹלַ֥עַת שָׁנִ֖י וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֑ר מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חֹשֵׁ֛ב עָשָׂ֥ה אֹתָ֖הּ כְּרֻבִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-he-wayyaʿaś ʾet-the-pārōket təkēlet and-wə-ʾargāmān and-wətôlaʿat šānî and-wəšēš māšzār; maʿăśēh ḥōšēb he-ʿāśâ ʾōtāh kərubîm.

Grammar Details

*wayyaʿaś*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he made
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*pārōket*: feminine singular noun - veil/curtain
*təkēlet*: feminine singular noun - blue/violet material
*wə-*: conjunction - and
*ʾargāmān*: masculine singular noun - purple material
*tôlaʿat*: feminine singular construct - worm of
*šānî*: masculine singular noun - scarlet/crimson
*šēš*: masculine singular noun - fine linen
*māšzār*: Hophal participle masculine singular - twisted/twined
*maʿăśēh*: masculine singular construct - work of
*ḥōšēb*: Qal participle masculine singular - skillful workman/designer
*ʿāśâ*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - made
*ʾōtāh*: direct object marker with 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
*kərubîm*: masculine plural noun - cherubim

Word Meanings

*pārōket*: veil/curtain/partition
*təkēlet*: blue/violet/blue-purple material
*ʾargāmān*: purple/red-purple material
*tôlaʿat šānî*: scarlet worm/crimson material/crimson dye
*šēš māšzār*: fine twisted linen/fine linen twisted
*ḥōšēb*: skillful workman/designer/artisan/embroiderer
*kərubîm*: cherubim/angelic figures

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Referenced Verses

Matt 27:51 : 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
Heb 10:20 : 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Exod 26:31-37 : 31 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: 32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. 37 And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Exod 30:6 : 6 And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
Exod 40:21 : 21 and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 26:30-32
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93%
30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.
31And 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:
32and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks [shall be] of gold, upon four sockets of silver.
2 Chr 3:14-15
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92%
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
Exod 36:36-37
2 verses
89%
36And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold: and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
37And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;
Exod 36:8-9
2 verses
88%
8And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, [Bezalel] made them.
9The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.
Exod 26:1
86%
1Moreover 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.
Exod 26:36-37
2 verses
84%
36And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
37And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
Exod 39:1-3
3 verses
83%
1And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
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3And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman.
Exod 39:8
81%
8And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
Exod 36:34
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Exod 35:6
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Exod 28:5-6
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5And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
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Exod 38:18
80%
18And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Exod 39:22
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1 Kgs 6:35
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35And he carved [thereon] cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.
Exod 35:35
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Exod 39:34
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Exod 25:4
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4and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Exod 36:14-16
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14And he made curtains of goats' [hair] for a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.
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Exod 36:11-12
2 verses
78%
11And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second coupling.
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Exod 28:15
78%
15And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exod 38:9
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Exod 27:16
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16And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
2 Chr 3:10
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10And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold.
Exod 37:7
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Exod 39:24
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28And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.
Exod 39:29
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Exod 36:19
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19And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of sealskins above.
Exod 35:25
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25And all the women that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.
Exod 39:5
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5And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece [and] like the work thereof; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
Exod 38:16
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16All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Num 4:6
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6and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
Exod 28:39
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39And thou shalt weave the coat in checker work of fine linen, and thou shalt make a mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer.
2 Chr 3:7
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Exod 37:2
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Exod 39:27
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Exod 28:31
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Exod 35:23
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23And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair], and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them.