31 “Make a curtain(A) of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim(B) woven into it by a skilled worker.

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51 At that moment the curtain of the temple(A) was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split(B)

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14 He made the curtain(A) of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim(B) worked into it.

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35 They made the curtain(A) of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.

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The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses(A) into the Most Holy Place(B) behind the curtain(C) in front of the atonement cover(D) on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear(E) in the cloud(F) over the atonement cover.

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The Tabernacle(A)

All those who were skilled among the workers made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim woven into them by expert hands.

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The Tabernacle(A)

26 “Make the tabernacle(B) with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim(C) woven into them by a skilled worker.

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20 by a new and living way(A) opened for us through the curtain,(B) that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest(C) over the house of God,(D)

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Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,(A) which had the golden altar of incense(B) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.(C) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,(D) Aaron’s staff that had budded,(E) and the stone tablets of the covenant.(F) Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(G) overshadowing the atonement cover.(H) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(I) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered(J) the inner room,(K) and that only once a year,(L) and never without blood,(M) which he offered for himself(N) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(O) The Holy Spirit was showing(P) by this that the way(Q) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.

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14 For he himself is our peace,(A) who has made the two groups one(B) and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,

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38 The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.(A)

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If I forget you,(A) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.

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“Send me, therefore, a man skilled to work in gold and silver, bronze and iron, and in purple, crimson and blue yarn, and experienced in the art of engraving, to work in Judah and Jerusalem with my skilled workers,(A) whom my father David provided.

“Send me also cedar, juniper and algum[a] logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with yours to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent. 10 I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors[b] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors[c] of barley, twenty thousand baths[d] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.(B)

11 Hiram king of Tyre replied by letter to Solomon:

“Because the Lord loves(C) his people, he has made you their king.”

12 And Hiram added:

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth!(D) He has given King David a wise son, endowed with intelligence and discernment, who will build a temple for the Lord and a palace for himself.

13 “I am sending you Huram-Abi,(E) a man of great skill,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:8 Probably a variant of almug
  2. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,600 tons or about 3,200 metric tons of wheat
  3. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, probably about 3,000 tons or about 2,700 metric tons of barley
  4. 2 Chronicles 2:10 That is, about 120,000 gallons or about 440,000 liters

15 “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people(A) and take its blood behind the curtain(B) and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle(C) it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

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21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain(A) and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the Lord commanded(B) him.

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Place the ark(A) of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.

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23 with him was Oholiab(A) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.)

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35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work(A) as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.

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25 Every skilled woman(A) spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.

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blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;

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