Exodus 26:31
31 “You are to make a special curtain ▼▼tn Although translated “curtain” (traditionally “veil,” so ASV, NAB, NASB) this is a different word from the one used earlier of the tent curtains, so “special curtain” is used. The word פָּרֹכֶת (parokhet) seems to be connected with a verb that means “to shut off” and was used with a shrine. This curtain would form a barrier in the approach to God (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 289).
of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made ▼ with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.
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