Exodus - 36:37



37 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 36:37.

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And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
He made also a hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of violet, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, with the work of an embroiderer.
And he made a curtain for the entrance of the tent of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, of embroidery;
And he made a hanging for the tabernacle-door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needle-work;
And he maketh a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer,
And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;
And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours;
He also made a tent at the entrance of the tabernacle from hyacinth, purple, vermillion, and fine twisted linen, wrought with embroidery,
Fecit quoque velum ad ostium tabernaculi ex hyacintho, et purpura, et vermiculo cocci, et bysso retorta, opere phrygionico.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Hanging for the - door - See Clarke on Exodus 26:36 (note), etc.

And he made an (i) hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
(i) Which was between the court and the sanctuary.

made an hanging for the . . . door--Curtains of elaborately wrought needlework are often suspended over the entrance to tents of the great nomad sheiks, and throughout Persia, at the entrance of summer tents, mosques, and palaces. They are preferred as cooler and more elegant than wooden doors. This chapter contains an instructive narrative: it is the first instance of donations made for the worship of God, given from the wages of the people's sufferings and toils. They were acceptable to God (Philippians 4:18), and if the Israelites showed such liberality, how much more should those whose privilege it is to live under the Christian dispensation (1-Corinthians 6:20; 1-Corinthians 16:2).

An hanging - Which divided the holy place from the court.

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