Exodus 28:5

28:5 The artisans ¹  are to use ²  the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen.

Exodus 35:25

35:25 Every woman who was skilled ³  spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen,

Exodus 39:3

39:3 They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave ⁴  them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer.

Exodus 39:1

The Making of the Priestly Garments

39:1 From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “and they.” The word “artisans” is supplied as the referent of the pronoun, a connection that is clearer in Hebrew than in English.

² tn Heb “receive” or “take.”

³ tn Heb “wisdom of heart,” which means that they were skilled and could make all the right choices about the work.

⁵ tn The verb is the infinitive that means “to do, to work.” It could be given a literal rendering: “to work [them into] the blue….” Weaving or embroidering is probably what is intended.

⁷ sn This chapter also will be almost identical to the instructions given earlier, with a few changes along the way.