⁶ There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods^[a] and marble pillars, and also ^(A)couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.

⁴¹ You sat on ^(A)a stately couch, with a table spread before it ^(B)on which you had placed my incense and ^(C)my oil.

⁸ And the king returned from ^(A)the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on ^(B)the couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face.

¹⁵ Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king ^(A)in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown^[a] and ^(B)a robe of fine linen and purple, ^(C)and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

³⁶ “You shall make a ^(A)screen for the entrance of the tent, of ^(B)blue and purple and scarlet yarns and ^(C)fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. ³⁷ And you shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five bases of bronze for them.

^31 (A)“And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and ^(B)fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim ^(C)skillfully worked into it. ³² And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, with hooks of gold, on four bases of silver.

The Tabernacle

26 “Moreover, ^(A)you shall make the ^(B)tabernacle with ten curtains of ^(C)fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim ^(D)skillfully worked into them.