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Exodus 26:36

26:35 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.

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“You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.

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 you shall make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, worked with needlework.

26:37 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.

What does Exodus 26:36 mean?

Exodus 26:36 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), מָסָךְ (mâçâk), פֶּתַח (pethach). It connects to 11 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
thou
shalt
makeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
an
hangingמָסָךְmâçâk/maw-sawk'/H4539a cover, i.e. veil
for
the
doorפֶּתַחpethach/peh'-thakh/H6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
of
the
tent,אֹהֶלʼôhel/o'-hel/H168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
of
blue,תְּכֵלֶתtᵉkêleth/tek-ay'-leth/H8504the cerulean mussel, i.e. the color (violet) obtained therefrom or stuff dyed therewith
and
purple,אַרְגָּמָןʼargâmân/ar-gaw-mawn'/H713purple (the color or the dyed stuff)
and
scarlet,תּוֹלָעtôwlâʻ/to-law'/H8438the crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewith
and
fine
twinedשָׁזַרshâzar/shaw-zar'/H7806to twist (a thread of straw)
linen,שֵׁשׁshêsh/shaysh/H8336bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
wroughtמַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăseh/mah-as-eh'/H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
with
needlework.רָקַםrâqam/raw-kam'/H7551to variegate color, i.e. embroider; by implication, to fabricate

Commentary on Exodus 26:36

HENRY_FULL · Exodus 26:31–37
le, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: 32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 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. 36 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. 37 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. 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 Cor. iii. 18 . The apostle tells us ( Heb. ix. 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, Matt. xxvii. 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. ix. 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.

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 26:31

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 35:11

The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets,

Exodus 36:37

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer

Exodus 39:33

And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,

Exodus 40:28

And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:29

And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 3:25

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 9:15

And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

2 Samuel 7:6

Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

John 10:9

I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Exodus 26:36.

Exodus 36:37

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer

Exodus 27:16

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Exodus 38:18

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Exodus 39:2

And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.

Exodus 25:4

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, fine: or, silk

Exodus 26:1

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. of cunning: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer

Exodus 26:31

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 28:15

And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

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Exodus 26:36 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Exodus 26:36 in the Old or New Testament?

Exodus 26:36 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.

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