[Ex. 36:8] And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
The Cherubim curtains were visible on the roof and walls of the interior, being with their goats hair tent covering suspended within the house from the top of the boards.
Made of undyed and dyed linen yarn - the warp was of the very finest pure white linen and the left over of the same material dyed blue, purple, and scarlet, with figures of Cherubim interwoven by skillful weavers.
Each slender thread was composed of 360 distinct threads (the number of days in a year).
The two great curtains of five each were used, one for the Holy Place and the other for the Holy of Holies.
Ten cubits of curtains spanning the roof, show that the Tabernacle was thirty cubits (45’) long and 10 cubits (15’) broad.
Its length was forty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits.
The veil was woven of eight hundred and twenty thousand threads, and two such curtains were made each year. It is said that it took 300 priests to immerse it in water to clean it. The veil hung on the outside of the Sanctuary door and was visible even when the doors were closed.
To prevent unauthorized people from seeing the Holy of Holies, the eastern veil or curtain, on the side of the Sanctuary, was slightly open on the southern end, while the western veil on the side of the Holy of Holies he did so by passing through the space between the two curtains.
The Mishnah tells us, “the veil was one hand breath thick and was woven on a loom having 72 rods and over each rod were 24 threads.
It was made by 82 young girls and they used to make 2 every year.
The curtains with a heavenly design spoke of Y’Shua as the eternal G-d, one with the Father, eternal in the heavens, who came into the world to tabernacle with men.
The white hair of a sacrificial animal signified His sinless life, the red ram’s skin spoke of the blood atonement, and the outside covering of badger (seal) skins in natural color signified His outward body, the body of flesh, born of a women to reveal G-d’s love and redemption to all the world.
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