Hebrew Bible
Of the 50 uses in the Masoretic Text, 44 refer to the priesthood or temple. The remaining 6 in Esther, Jeremiah and Ezekiel are secular uses; such as when Mordechai puts on "blue and white" "royal clothing" in Esther. The colour could be used in combination with other colours such as 2 Chronicles 3:14 where veil of Solomon's Temple is made of blue (tekhelet), purple (Hebrew argaman אַרְגָּמָן) and crimson (Hebrew karmiyl כַּרְמִיל). Various shellfish have been suggested for the source of the dye. Ezekiel 27:7 may indicate the source of the shellfish to have been the Aegean region.
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“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”
—Bible: Hebrew Lamentations 1:1.
Said of Jerusalem.