Exodus 36:35

And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ vai.Ya.'as	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
vail	הַפָּרֹ֔כֶת ha.pa.Ro.khet	H6532	a separatrix · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
blue	תְּכֵ֧לֶת te.Khe.let	H8504	the cerulean mussel · noun, common feminine singular absolute
purple	וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן ve.'ar.ga.Man	H713	purple (the color or the dyed stuff) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
scarlet	שָׁנִ֖י sha.Ni	H8144	crimson · noun, common masculine singular absolute
twined	מָשְׁזָ֑ר ma.she.Zar	H7806	to twist (a thread of straw) · verb, hophal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
linen	וְשֵׁ֣שׁ ve.Shesh	H8336	bleached stuff · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
cherubims	כְּרֻבִֽים ke.ru.Vim	H3742	a cherub or imaginary figure · noun, common masculine plural absolute
made	עָשָׂ֥ה 'a.Sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
cunning	חֹשֵׁ֛ב cho.Shev	H2803	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
work	מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Matthew 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Exodus 26:31-37 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will me…
Exodus 40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded…
Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 36:35–end

In the building of a house there is a great deal of work about the doors and partitions. In the tabernacle these were answerable to the rest of the fabric; there were curtains for doors, and veils for partitions. 1. There was a veil made for a partition between the holy place, and the most holy, Exo 36:35, Exo 36:36. This signified the darkness and distance of that dispensation, compared with the New Testament, which shows 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. 2. There was a veil made for the door of the tabernacle, Exo 36:37,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 36:35

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.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 36:35

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

John Gill on Exodus 36:8

And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle,.... Did the part assigned him, what he was fittest for, and most skilful in: particularly some made ten curtains, &c. which were properly the tabernacle, and were made first, and then the several things appertaining to it; and from hence, to the end of the chapter Exodus 36:9, is only an account of the making of the tabernacle, its curtains, coverings, boards, sockets, and bars, the vail for the most holy place, and the hangings for the tabernacle, exactly as they are ordered to be made; see Gill on Exodus 26:1 &c. to end of chapter: and it may be observed, that throughout the account of the various articles, it…

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John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Cherubim · .And on the curtain — .And on the curtain
Colors · furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement — furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement
Tabernacle · .The frame — .The frame
Vail · .Ma — .Ma
Vail, The Sacred · Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle — Made by Bezaleel for the tabernacle

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 36:35

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 36:35–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 36:35

Adam Clarke on Exodus 36:35

John Gill on Exodus 36:8

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 36:35

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 36:35–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 36:35

Adam Clarke on Exodus 36:35

John Gill on Exodus 36:8

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 36:8–end

Rashi on Exodus 36:7