Furthermore, he made the veil of blue, purple, crimson yarn and fine linen with cheruvim worked into it.
Thus the wingspan of these cheruvim was 20 cubits. They stood on their feet facing the main hall.
The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was the work of a color weaver, of blue, purple, scarlet and finely twisted linen. It was 20 cubits long and five cubits high, like the hangings of the courtyard.
Whenever the camp is about to move out, Aaron and his sons are to take down the shielding curtain and cover the Ark of the Testimony with it.
And behold, the curtain of the Temple was split in two, from top to bottom. And the earth quaked and rocks were split apart.
He inaugurated a new and living way for us through the curtain—that is, His flesh.
Beyond the second curtain was a dwelling called the Holy of Holies.