PURPLE CURTAINS
GLENN BLANK
“ Make the Tabernacle with ten curtains of fine woven linen of blue , purple and scarlet , with cheruvim made by the work of a skillful craftsman …. Make a fine woven linen curtain of blue , purple and scarlet , with cheruvim …. The parokhet will divide for you between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies ….” Exodus 26:1,31,33 ( TLV ).
According to the plan Moses was shown on the Mountain , he was to assemble the Tabernacle [ Mishkan , Dwelling ]. This plan included white linen [ y ’ ree ’ ot ] that formed the outer walls of the Mishkan as well as the curtain or veil [ parokhet ] a thick curtain that divided the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies . The Talmud ( Shekalim 8:5 ). says that the parokhet was a hand ' s breadth or about three to four inches thick , so no human could possibly see through it . It separated the Holy of Holies ,
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