2-Chronicles - 3:14

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14 He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Chronicles 3:14.

Differing Translations

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And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim upon it.
And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim thereon.
And he made the veil of blue and purple and red, of the best linen, worked with winged ones.
Also, he made a veil from hyacinth, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. And he wove within it cherubim.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

This is an important addition to the description in Kings, where the veil is not mentioned. It was made of exactly the same colors as the veil of the tabernacle Exodus 26:31.

And he made the (f) vail [of] blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
(f) Which separated the temple from the most holy place.

The veil between the holy place and the most holy, not mentioned in 1-Kings 6:21, was made of the same materials and colours as the veil on the tabernacle, and was inwoven with similar cherub figures; cf. Exodus 26:31. וּבוּץ כּרמיל as in 2-Chronicles 2:13. עלה על, to bring upon; an indefinite expression for: to weave into the material.

The veil - The inner veil before the most holy place. This denoted the darkness of that dispensation and the distance at which the worshippers were kept. But at the death of Christ this veil was rent; for thro' him we are brought nigh, and have boldness, or liberty, not only to look, but to enter into the holiest.

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