Bible verses about "the color blue" | Leeser

¹ And thou shalt let come near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may be a priest unto me; Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Elazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron. ² And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for ornament. ³ And thou shalt speak unto all that are wisehearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make garments for Aaron, to sanctify him, that he may be a priest unto me. ⁴ And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a checkered coat, a mitre, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and for his sons, to be a priest unto me. ⁵ And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and the linen. ⁶ And they shall make the ephod, of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, of weaver’s work. ⁷ Two shoulder-pieces shall it have joined at the two edges thereof; by which it shall be joined together. ⁸ And the belt for girding, which is upon it, shall be of the same make, out of the same piece with itself; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen. ⁹ And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: ¹⁰ Six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to the order of their birth. ¹¹ With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engraving of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel; fitted in settings of gold shalt thou make them. ¹² And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder-pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial unto the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. ¹³ And thou shalt make casings of gold; ¹⁴ And two chains of pure gold, with knots at the ends, of wreathed work shalt thou make them, and thou shalt fasten the wreathed chains to the casings. ¹⁵ And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment, of weaver’s work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and of twisted linen, shalt thou make it. ¹⁶ Four-square shall it be, double; a span in length, and a span in breadth. ¹⁷ And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row, a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; this shall be the first row. ¹⁸ And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a diamond. ¹⁹ And the third row, an opal, a turquoise, and an amethyst. ²⁰ And the fourth row, a chrysolite, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be fitted in golden casings when they are set in. ²¹ And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names; engraved with the engraving of a signet, every one according to his name, shall they be for the twelve tribes. ²² And thou shalt make on the breastplate chains with knots at the ends, of wreathed work, of pure gold. ²³ And thou shalt make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. ²⁴ And thou shalt put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings, on the ends of the breastplate. ²⁵ And the other two ends of the two wreathed chains thou shalt fasten on the two casings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod on the outside thereof. ²⁶ And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them on the two ends of the breastplate on its border, which is on the opposite side of the ephod, inward. ²⁷ And thou shalt make two more rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, toward its front part, close by its seam, above the girdle of the ephod. ²⁸ And they shall fasten the breastplate by its rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may remain on the girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. ²⁹ And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. ³⁰ And thou shalt put into the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. ³¹ And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod altogether of blue woolen yarn. ³² And there shall be an opening in the top of it, in the midst thereof; it shall have a binding of woven work, round about its opening, as it is on the opening of a habergeon, so shall it be thereon, that it be not rent. ³³ And thou shalt make on its lower hem pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, round about its lower hem; and bells of gold between them round about: ³⁴ A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the lower hem of the robe round about. ³⁵ And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministereth; and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in into the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. ³⁶ And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engraving of a signet, Holy unto the Lord. ³⁷ And thou shalt fasten it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the mitre; upon the front of the mitre shall it be. ³⁸ And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead; and Aaron shall atone for the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be upon his forehead always, that they may be received in favor before the Lord. ³⁹ And thou shalt make the coat of linen checkered, and thou shalt make a mitre of linen, and a girdle shalt thou make of embroiderer’s work. ⁴⁰ And for Aaron’s sons shalt thou make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles; and bonnets thou shalt make for them, for glory and for ornament. ⁴¹ And thou shalt clothe therewith Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and thou shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may be priests unto me. ⁴² And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs shall they reach. ⁴³ And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die; a statute for ever shall it be for him and for his seed after him.

¹ The tabernacle also shalt thou make of ten curtains, of twisted linen thread, and blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim, of weaver’s work shalt thou make them. ² The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for all the curtains. ³ Five of the curtains shall be coupled together, one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled, one to another. ⁴ And thou shalt make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain which is on the outside in the one coupling; and the like shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain which is the outmost in the second coupling. ⁵ Fifty loops shalt thou make on the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make on the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling; the loops shall be fixed opposite each other. ⁶ And thou shalt make fifty hooks of gold; and thou shalt couple the curtains together one unto the other with the hooks, and the tabernacle shall thus be one piece. ⁷ And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair for a tent over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shalt thou make the same. ⁸ The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: there shall be one measure for the eleven curtains. ⁹ And thou shalt couple five of the curtains by themselves, and six of the curtains by themselves; and thou shalt double the sixth curtain toward the front side of the tabernacle. ¹⁰ And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is the outmost in the one coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain of the second coupling. ¹¹ And thou shalt make fifty hooks of copper; and thou shalt put the hooks into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one piece. ¹² And the part hanging over in the excess of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain which is over, shall hang down over the back part of the tabernacle. ¹³ And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side in the excess in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall be hanging down over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. ¹⁴ And thou shalt make a cover for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a cover of badgers’ skins above. ¹⁵ And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. ¹⁶ Ten cubits shall be the length of each board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of each one board. ¹⁷ There shall be two tenons for every board, fitted in, one against the other: the like shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. ¹⁸ And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, on the right. ¹⁹ And forty sockets of silver shalt thou make under the twenty boards; two sockets under the one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under the other board for its two tenons. ²⁰ And for the other side of the tabernacle, for the north side, there shall be twenty boards; ²¹ And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. ²² And for the back wall of the tabernacle, westward, thou shalt make six boards. ²³ And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the back wall. ²⁴ And they shall be closely fitting together beneath, and they shall be closely joined together on the top by means of one ring: thus shall it be for both of them; for the two corners shall they be. ²⁵ And so they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: two sockets under the one board, and two sockets under the other board. ²⁶ And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood: five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle; ²⁷ And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the back wall, westward; ²⁸ And the middle bar in the midst of the boards, passing from the one end to the other end. ²⁹ And the boards thou shalt overlay with gold, and their rings thou shalt make of gold, as receptacles for the bars; and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. ³⁰ And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle, according to the fashion thereof, which thou hast been shown on the mount. ³¹ And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen, of weavers’ work shall it be made, with cherubim. ³² And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks also shall be of gold; upon four sockets of silver. ³³ And thou shalt hang up the vail under the hooks; and thou shalt bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony; and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the holy of holies. ³⁴ And thou shalt put the cover upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. ³⁵ And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle, toward the south; and the table thou shalt put on the north side. ³⁶ And thou shalt make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and twisted linen; the work of the embroiderer.

²⁶ And above the vault that was over their head was like the appearance of a sapphire-stone, the likeness of a throne: and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

³⁸ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say to them, that they shall make themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put upon the fringe of the corner a thread of blue: ³⁹ And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after the inclination of your own heart and the delight of your eyes, in pursuit of which ye have been led astray. ⁴⁰ In order that ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

¹⁰ And they saw the God of Israel; and the place under his feet was like a paved work of brilliant sapphire, and like the color of heaven in clearness.