and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the sanctuary inside the veil before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark, that he die not; for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.

And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and made cherubim upon it.

And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,

And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple rent in the midst.

For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of enclosure,

but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies,

the new and living way which he has dedicated for us through the veil, that is, his flesh,

Blue

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and byssus, and goats' hair,

And every wise-hearted man among those that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work did he make them.

Cunning work

And thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of twined byssus, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of artistic work shalt thou make them.

And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment of artistic work, like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus shalt thou make it.

and with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and artificer, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in byssus.

And now send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and experienced in carving, besides the skilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;

How beautiful are thy footsteps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist.

Cherubims shall it be made

And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

General references

And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.

And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.