Quotes About Symbolism

And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.

All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

And the skillfully woven waistband of the ephod was of one piece with the ephod, of the same workmanship—with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

He made the breastpiece with the same workmanship as the ephod, with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

It was square when folded over double, a span long and a span wide.

And they mounted on it four rows of gemstones: The first row had a ruby, a topaz, and an emerald;

the second row had a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond;

the third row had a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst;

and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.

The twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of Israel. Each stone was engraved like a seal with the name of one of the twelve tribes.

For the breastpiece they made braided chains like cords of pure gold.

They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

They made two additional gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on its front, near the seam just above its woven waistband.

They made the robe of the ephod entirely of blue cloth, the work of a weaver,

with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

They also made bells of pure gold and attached them around the hem between the pomegranates,