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BLACK: A SYMBOL OF AFFLICTION AND CALAMITY

General reference(s) to this category

Job 3:5Job 10:20Job 10:21Job 10:22Job 30:26Psalms 107:10Psalms 107:11Psalms 143:3Isaiah 5:30Isaiah 8:22Isaiah 9:19Isaiah 24:11Isaiah 50:3Joel 2:6Joel 2:10Joel 3:14Joel 3:15Amos 5:8Nahum 2:10Zephaniah 1:14Zephaniah 1:15Matthew 8:12Matthew 22:13Matthew 25:30II Peter 2:4Jude 1:13Revelation 16:10

BLUE: SYMBOL OF DEITY

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Exodus 24:10Exodus 25:3Exodus 25:4Exodus 26:1Exodus 28:28Exodus 28:37Exodus 38:18Exodus 39:1Exodus 39:2Exodus 39:3Exodus 39:4Exodus 39:5Exodus 39:21Exodus 39:24Exodus 39:29Exodus 39:31Numbers 4:5Numbers 4:6Numbers 4:7Numbers 4:8Numbers 4:9Numbers 4:10Numbers 4:11Numbers 4:12Numbers 15:38Numbers 15:39Numbers 15:40II Chronicles 2:7II Chronicles 2:14II Chronicles 3:14Jeremiah 10:9Ezekiel 1:26Ezekiel 10:1

SYMBOL OF ROYALTY

Esther 8:15Ezekiel 23:6

CRIMSON, RED, PURPLE, AND SCARLET, SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS IDEAS

Of iniquity

Isaiah 1:18Revelation 17:3Revelation 17:4Revelation 18:12Revelation 18:16

Of royalty

Judges 8:26Daniel 5:7Daniel 5:16Daniel 5:29Matthew 27:28

Prosperity

II Samuel 1:24Proverbs 31:21Lamentations 4:5

Conquest

Nahum 2:3Revelation 12:3

These colors figured largely in the symbolisms of the tabernacle furnishing, and priestly vestments and functions, as types and shadows of the atonement

Exodus 25:3Exodus 25:4Exodus 25:5Exodus 26:1Exodus 26:14Exodus 26:31Exodus 26:36Exodus 27:16Exodus 28:4Exodus 28:5Exodus 28:6Exodus 28:7Exodus 28:8Exodus 28:15Exodus 28:31Exodus 28:33Exodus 35:5Exodus 35:6Exodus 35:7Exodus 35:23Exodus 35:25Exodus 35:35Exodus 36:8Exodus 36:19Exodus 36:35Exodus 36:37Exodus 38:18Exodus 38:23Exodus 39:2Exodus 39:3Exodus 39:5Exodus 39:29Leviticus 14:4Leviticus 14:6Leviticus 14:49Leviticus 14:51Leviticus 14:52Numbers 4:7Numbers 4:8Numbers 4:13Numbers 19:2Numbers 19:5Numbers 19:6Isaiah 63:1Isaiah 63:2Isaiah 63:3Hebrews 9:19Hebrews 9:20Hebrews 9:21Hebrews 9:22Hebrews 9:23

WHITE: SYMBOL OF HOLINESS

The high priest's holy garments were made of white linen

Leviticus 16:4Leviticus 16:32

Choir singers were arrayed in white

II Chronicles 5:12

SCRIPTURES EMPLOYING THE SYMBOL

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Psalms 51:7Ecclesiastes 9:8Isaiah 1:18Daniel 7:9Daniel 11:35Daniel 12:10Matthew 17:1Matthew 17:2Matthew 28:2Matthew 28:3Mark 9:3Revelation 1:13Revelation 1:14Revelation 2:17Revelation 3:4Revelation 3:5Revelation 3:18Revelation 4:4Revelation 6:2Revelation 6:11Revelation 7:9Revelation 7:13Revelation 7:14Revelation 15:6Revelation 19:8Revelation 19:11Revelation 19:14Revelation 20:11

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