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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 3:14 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 3:14 |
King James |
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This is an important addition to the description in Kings, where the veil is not mentioned. It was made of exactly the same colors as the veil of the tabernacle Exo 26:31. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The veil between the holy place and the most holy, not mentioned in Kg1 6:21, was made of the same materials and colours as the veil on the tabernacle, and was inwoven with similar cherub figures; cf. Exo 26:31. וּבוּץ כּרמיל as in Ch2 2:13. עלה על, to bring upon; an indefinite expression for: to weave into the material. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The veil - The inner veil before the most holy place. This denoted the darkness of that dispensation and the distance at which the worshippers were kept. But at the death of Christ this veil was rent; for thro' him we are brought nigh, and have boldness, or liberty, not only to look, but to enter into the holiest. |
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:
13 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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:
21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.