Exodus 26:36

26:36 “You are to make a hanging ¹  for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer. ² 

Exodus 28:6

28:6 “They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer.

Exodus 35:23

35:23 Everyone who had ³  blue, purple, or ⁴  scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats’ hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather ⁵  brought them. ⁶ 

Exodus 35:25

35:25 Every woman who was skilled ⁷  spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen,

Exodus 36:35

36:35 He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made ⁸  it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

Exodus 36:37

36:37 He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer,

Exodus 38:9

The Construction of the Courtyard

38:9 He made the courtyard. For the south side ⁹  the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long,

Exodus 39:8

The Breastpiece of Decision

39:8 He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

Exodus 39:29

39:29 The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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¹ sn This was another curtain, serving as a screen in the entrance way. Since it was far away from the special curtain screening the Most Holy Place, it was less elaborate. It was not the work of the master designer, but of the “embroiderer,” and it did not have the cherubim on it.

² tn The word רֹקֵם (roqem) refers to someone who made cloth with colors. It is not certain, however, whether the colors were woven into the fabric on the loom or applied with a needle; so “embroiderer” should be understood as an approximation (cf. HALOT 1290-91 s.v. רקם).

³ tn The text uses a relative clause with a resumptive pronoun for this: “who was found with him,” meaning “with whom was found.”

⁴ tn The conjunction in this verse is translated “or” because the sentence does not intend to say that each person had all these things. They brought what they had.

⁵ tn See the note on this phrase in Exod 25:5.

⁶ tn Here “them” has been supplied.

⁷ tn Heb “wisdom of heart,” which means that they were skilled and could make all the right choices about the work.

⁸ tn The verb is simply “he made” but as in Exod 26:31 it probably means that the cherubim were worked into the curtain with the yarn, and so embroidered on the curtain.

⁹ tn Heb “south side southward.”