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Strong Concordance	Nu 4:6	And shall put [05414] thereon the covering [03681] of badgers [08476]' skins [05785], and shall spread [06566] over [04605] it a cloth [0899] wholly [03632] of blue [08504], and shall put [07760] in the staves [0905] thereof.

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
BLUE	See PURPLE.

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Word	Easton Dictionary - Definition
BLUE	generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.). It is supposed to have been obtained from a shellfish of the Mediterranean, the Helix ianthina of Linnaeus. The robe of the high priest's ephod was to be all of this colour (Ex. 28:31), also the loops of the curtains (26:4) and the ribbon of the breastplate (28:28). Blue cloths were also made for various sacred purposes (Num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12). (See COLOUR .)

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BLUE

generally associated with purple (Ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc.). It is supposed to have been obtained from a shellfish of the Mediterranean, the Helix ianthina of Linnaeus. The robe of the high priest's ephod was to be all of this colour (Ex. 28:31), also the loops of the curtains (26:4) and the ribbon of the breastplate (28:28). Blue cloths were also made for various sacred purposes (Num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12). (See COLOUR .)

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
STAVES	Rods; clubs.

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