For the entrance to the tent make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen — the work of an embroiderer. The entrance curtain uses the same colors and materials as the inner veil but with a different technique: embroidery rather than woven cherubim. The entry into the sanctuary has the same precious materials as the veil but without the cherubim — the guardian figures that mark the most holy boundary are not present at the entry level. The graduated holiness of the tabernacle is communicated through the gradual intensification of the guardian imagery: no cherubim at the entrance screen, cherubim woven in the veil, cherubim hammered in gold over the mercy seat. As you approach the center, the weight of the holy increases.

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