The Color Blue

and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet <FI>is<Fi> as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, and they have made for themselves fringes on the skirts of their garments, to their generations, and they have put on the fringe of the skirt a ribbon of blue, — read the full passage →

And above the expanse that <FI>is<Fi> over their head, as an appearance of a sapphire stone, <FI>is<Fi> the likeness of a throne, and on the likeness of the throne a likeness, as the appearance of man upon it from above.

`And thou hast made the upper robe of the ephod completely of blue,

`And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; <FI>with<Fi> cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them; — read the full passage →

`And thou, bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from the midst of the sons of Israel, for his being priest to Me, <FI>even<Fi> Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron; — read the full passage →

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and causeth cherubs to go up on it.

for she said within herself, `If only I may touch his garment, I shall be saved.'

and have put on it a covering of badger skin, and have spread a garment completely of blue above, and have placed its staves. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and have made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer;

`And thou hast made a covering for the opening of the tent, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer;

And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;

`And now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who <FI>are<Fi> with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared;

`And on the golden altar they spread a garment of blue, and have covered it with a covering of badger skin, and have placed its staves;

`And thou dost make the tabernacle: ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; <FI>with<Fi> cherubs, work of a designer, thou dost make them;

My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth;

and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city <FI>is<Fi> pure gold--like to pure glass;

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

`And they take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the linen,

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

And he maketh the ephod, of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen,

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' <FI>hair<Fi> ,

They <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,

Clothed with blue--governors and prefects, Desirable young men all of them, Horsemen, riding on horses,

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

and the woman was arrayed with purple and scarlet-colour, and gilded with gold, and precious stone, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and uncleanness of her whoredom,

A day of wrath <FI>is<Fi> that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.

and I--I have heard of thee, that thou art able to give interpretations, and to loose knots: now, lo--thou art able to read the writing, and its interpretation to cause me to know--purple thou dost put on, and a bracelet of gold <FI> is<Fi> on thy neck, and third in the kingdom thou dost rule.'

Of fine linen with embroidery from Egypt hath been thy sail, To be to thee for an ensign, Of blue and purple from isles of Elishah hath been thy covering.

And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.

Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple <FI>is<Fi> their clothing, Work of the skilful--all of them.

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, For Jehovah hath spoken: Sons I have nourished and brought up, And they--they transgressed against Me.

She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed <FI>with<Fi> scarlet.

and they put on it a ribbon of blue, to put <FI>it<Fi> on the mitre above, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

and with him <FI>is<Fi> Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and designer, and embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in linen.

And he maketh a covering for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer,

And he maketh the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer he hath made it, <FI>with<Fi> cherubs;

and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and linen, and goats' <FI>hair<Fi> ,

and thou hast put it on a blue ribbon, and it hath been on the mitre--over-against the front of the mitre it is;

and thou hast made holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for honour and for beauty;

`And thou hast made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of a designer; he maketh it <FI>with<Fi> cherubs;

the length of the one curtain <FI>is<Fi> eight and twenty by the cubit, and the breadth of the one curtain four by the cubit, one measure <FI>is<Fi> to all the curtains;