Exodus 26:1 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

cunning skillful; skilled Webster’s 1828 · Cunning

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Scofield Notes

cherubimsfine twined linen Fine linen typifies personal righteousness Rev 19:8. The fine linen here typifies the sinless life of Christ.
blueBlue. Christ's heavenly origin; purple, His royalty as David's son; scarlet, His sacrifice.
cherubims(See Scofield "Ezek 1:5").

Matthew Henry

The curtains of the tabernacleGod manifested his presence among the Israelites in a tabernacle or tent, because of their condition in the wilderness. God suits the tokens of his favour,...

Thompson Chains

TabernacleLink 2 of 15 · next Exodus 39:32
LinenSee the chain from Exodus 35:6 · 9 links
Cherubim (2)See the chain from Exodus 25:18 · 9 links
EmbroiderySee the chain from Exodus 28:39 · 2 links

Cross References

Exodus 26:36 And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
Exodus 36:8–19 And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them. …
Exodus 25:4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus 25:8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 25:18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exodus 26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
Exodus 35:6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
Exodus 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Exodus 36:35 And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work.
Exodus 40:2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus 40:17–19 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. …
1 Chronicles 17:1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
1 Chronicles 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Hebrews 8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
Hebrews 9:23–24 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. …
Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

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Topics

Cherubim On the walls of the tabernacle
Church Tabernacle
Colors Blue: symbol of deity
Curtains For the tabernacle
Embroidery In blue and purple and scarlet on the curtains of the tabernacle
Israel Pattern for the tabernacle and the appurtenances, and forms of worship to be observed
Linen Curtains of the tabernacle made of Linen
Revelation The law is revealed
Tabernacle The curtains of Tabernacle
Tapestry Of the tabernacle

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Hebrew and Strong’s

Moreover thou shalt make תַּעֲשֶׂה taʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
the tabernacle וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and הַמִּשְׁכָּן hammiškān מִשְׁכָּן Noun · masculine singular · with the
ten עֶשֶׂר ʿeśer עֶשֶׂר Number · feminine singular
curtains יְרִיעֹת yĕrîʿōt יְרִיעָה Noun · feminine plural
fine twined מָשְׁזָר māšĕzār שָׁזַר Verb · hophal passive participle, masculine singular
linen שֵׁשׁ šēš שֵׁשׁ Number · feminine singular
and blue וּתְכֵלֶת ûtĕkēlet תְּכֵלֶת Noun · feminine singular · with and
and purple וְאַרְגָּמָן wĕʾargāmān אַרְגָּמָן Noun · masculine singular · with and
and scarlet וְתֹלַעַת wĕtōlaʿat תּוֹלָע Noun · feminine singular construct · with and שָׁנִי šānî שָׁנִי Noun · masculine singular
cherubims כְּרֻבִים kĕrubîm כְּרוּב Noun · masculine plural
of cunning חֹשֵׁב ḥōšēb חָשַׁב Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
work מַעֲשֵׂה maʿăśê מַעֲשֶׂה Noun · masculine singular construct
shalt thou make תַּעֲשֶׂה taʿăśê עָשָׂה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular אֹתָם ʾōtām Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine plural

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