The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark.

And he made the veil of blue and purple and red, of the best linen, worked with winged ones.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.

The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.

For he is our peace, who has made the two into one, and by whom the middle wall of division has been broken down,

And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies;

By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

Blue

And blue and purple and red, and the best linen, and goats' hair;

And blue and purple and red and the best linen and goats' hair,

Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.

Cunning work

And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.

And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; a designer and a trained workman, expert in needlework of blue and purple and red and the best linen.

So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.

How beautiful are your feet in their shoes, O king's daughter! The curves of your legs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a good workman:

Cherubims shall it be made

And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

General references

And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.