Exodus - 36:35

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35 He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 36:35.

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And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it.
He made also a veil of violet, and purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, varied and distinguished with embroidery:
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it with cherubim.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim the work of the cunning workman made he it.
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim he made it of curious work.
And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, with cherubs;
And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of cunning work.
And he made the veil of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with winged ones designed by expert workmen.
And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; with the cherubim the work of the skilful workman made he it.
He also made a veil from hyacinth, and purple, from vermillion as well as fine twisted linen, with varied and distinctive embroidery,
Fecit etiam velum ex hyacintho, et purpura, et vermiculo cocci, et bysso retorta: opere phrygionico fecit illud, cum figuris cherubim.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

He made a veil - See Clarke on Exodus 26:31 (note), etc.

And he made a (h) vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work.
(h) Which was between the sanctuary and the holiest of holies.

he made a veil of blue--the second or inner veil, which separated the holy from the most holy place, embroidered with cherubim and of great size and thickness.

The veil made for a partition between the holy place and the most holy, signified the darkness and distance of that dispensation compared with the New Testament, which shews us the glory of God more clearly, and invites us to draw near to it; and the darkness and distance of our present state in comparison with heaven, where we shall be ever with the Lord, and see him as he is.

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