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He made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim thereon.
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A Link to the Past
Commentators note that the Temple's veil was made with the exact same materials and design—including the cherubim—as the veil in Moses' Tabernacle. Scholars explain this detail, highlighted in Chronicles but absent in the book of Kings, shows a deliberate continuity in God's prescribed pattern for worship, connecting the permanent Temple to Israel's foundational experiences with God.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 t…
19th Century
Anglican
The veil. —The Pârôkheth, or curtain, which divided the holy place from the holy of holies, is not mentioned in the exist…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 3:1).
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