King James Version
Exodus 26:36 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen, wroug...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.”
Exodus 26:36 · KJV
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“of blue”
H8504the cerulean mussel, i.e., the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
“and scarlet”
H8438a maggot (as voracious); specifically (often with ellipsis of h8144) the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the color from it, and cl
“wrought”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“with needlework”
H7551to variegate color, i.e., embroider; by implication, to fabricate
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