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2 Chronicles 3:14
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the completion of the temple’s interior furnishings, specifically the construction and raising of the sanctuary veil.
The words — The text highlights the curtain (פָּרֹכֶת, pa.Ro.khet), which was fashioned (וַ/יַּ֙עַשׂ֙, va/i.Ya.'as) from blue, purple, crimson yarn, and fine linen.
The thread — Exodus 26:31 commands this exact design, Hebrews 9:3 identifies it as the partition before the Most Holy Place, and Matthew 27:51 records its tearing at Jesus’ death.
Why it lands — The verse describes a physical barrier demarcating sacred space, requiring the reader to acknowledge the precise boundaries established for worship before considering what the New Testament later states about its removal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- Exodus 26:31 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Matthew 27:51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
- Hebrews 10:20 by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,