New American Standard Bible (©1995) "You shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) "Make a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design into fine linen yarn. King James Bible And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made: Jump to Previous Occurrence Best Blue Byssus Cherubim Cherubs Craftsman Cunning Curious Curtain Designer Designs Fine Finely Linen Maketh Material Ones Purple Red Scarlet Skilful Skilled Skillful Stuff Twined Twisted Vail Veil Winged Work Worked Workman Yarn Jump to Next Occurrence Best Blue Byssus Cherubim Cherubs Craftsman Cunning Curious Curtain Designer Designs Fine Finely Linen Maketh Material Ones Purple Red Scarlet Skilful Skilled Skillful Stuff Twined Twisted Vail Veil Winged Work Worked Workman Yarn Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verses 31-37 Two veils are here ordered to be made, 1. One for a partition between the holy place and the most holy, which not only forbade any to enter, but forbade them so much as to look into the holiest of all, v. 31, 33. Under that dispensation, divine grace was veiled, but now we behold it with open face, 2 Co. 3:18. The apostle tells us (Heb. 9:8, 9) what was the meaning of this veil; it intimated that the ceremonial law could not make the comers thereunto perfect, nor would the observance of it bring men to heaven; the way into the holiest of all was not made manifest while the first tabernacle was standing; life and immortality lay concealed till they were brought to light by the gospel, which was therefore signified by the rending of this veil at the death of Christ, Mt. 27:51. We have not boldness to enter into the holiest, in all acts of devotion, by the blood of Jesus, yet such as obliges us to a holy reverence and a humble sense of our distance. 2. Another veil was for the outer door of the tabernacle, v. 36, 37. Through this first veil the priests went in every day to minister in the holy place, but not the people, Heb. 9:6. This veil, which was all the defence the tabernacle had against thieves and robbers, might easily be broken through, for it could be neither locked nor barred, and the abundance of wealth in the tabernacle, one would think, might be a temptation; but by leaving it thus exposed, (1.) The priests and Levites would be so much the more obliged to keep a strict watch upon it, and, (2.) God would show his care of his church on earth, though it is weak and defenceless, and continually exposed. A curtain shall be (if God please to make it so) as strong a defence to his house as gates of brass and bars of iron. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a and be blue by cherubim craftsman curtain fine finely into it linen made Make material of purple scarlet shall skilled skillful the twisted veil with work worked workman yarn You Bible Browser |