Exodus 36:37

For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The narrative records the craftsmen constructing the tabernacle’s framework. The verse describes the completion of the entrance barrier during the final stages of the tent’s assembly.

The words — מָסָךְ (ma.soKh) translates literally as a screen or curtain, and תְּכֵלֶת (te.Khe.let) denotes blue or violet yarn. These terms specify the physical object and its primary dye.

The thread — The instruction originates in Exodus 26:36 and reaches fulfillment when the curtain is installed in Exodus 40:28. The material sequence of blue, purple, scarlet, and linen remains consistent across all three passages.

Why it lands — The text requires precise adherence to material and structural specifications for a designated sacred boundary. It establishes a functional marker that separates the entrance from the interior space without embellishment.

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The Hebrew words

וַיַּ֤עַשׂva/i.Ya.'asand/ he made מָסָךְ֙ma.soKha screen לְפֶ֣תַחle./Fe.tachfor/ [the] entrance of הָאֹ֔הֶלha./'O.helthe/ tent תְּכֵ֧לֶתte.Khe.letviolet stuff וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןve./'ar.ga.Manand/ purple וְתוֹלַ֥עַתve./to.La.'atand/ scarlet stuff of שָׁנִ֖יsha.Niscarlet וְשֵׁ֣שׁve./Sheshand/ fine linen מָשְׁזָ֑רma.she.Zartwisted מַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.Seh[the] work of רֹקֵֽם׃ro.Kema worker in colors

King James Version

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

Cross-references

Exodus 26:36 For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
Exodus 40:28 Then he put up the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.