'Material' in the Bible

You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set.

He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set.

Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge;

You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.