Editing Tekhelet (section)

==Biblical references==
Of the 49<ref>{{cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew: 8504. תְּכֵ֫לֶת (tekeleth) -- violet, violet thread |website=biblesuite.com |url=http://biblesuite.com/hebrew/8504.htm}}</ref> or 48<ref name=outekhelet/><ref name=Examiner>{{cite web |last=Amir |first=Nina |title=Lost thread of blue, tekhelet color reestablished |work=Religion & Spirituality |publisher=Clarity Digital Group LLC d/b/a Examiner.com}}</ref> uses of the word ''tekhelet'' in the [[Masoretic Text]], one refers to fringes on cornered garments of the whole [[Israelites|people of Israel]] ({{bibleverse||Numbers|15:37–41|JPS}}). The remaining 6<ref>Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 23:6, 27:7,27:24; Esther 1:6,8:15</ref> in [[Book of Esther|Esther]], [[Book of Jeremiah|Jeremiah]] and [[Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel]] are secular uses, such as when [[Mordechai]] puts on "blue and white" "royal clothing" in Esther. Tekhelet could be used in combination with other colors such as [[2 Chronicles]] {{Bibleverse-nb|2 Chr|3:14|HE}} where the veil of [[Solomon's Temple]] is made of tekhelet, [[Tyrian purple]] ({{langx|he|אַרְגָּמָן|ʾargāmān}}) and [[Kermes (dye)#The biblical scarlet (tolaʻat šanī)|scarlet]] ({{langx|he|שָׁנִי|šāni}} or {{lang|he|כַּרְמִיל}} {{Transliteration|he|karmil}}). {{Bibleverse|Ezekiel|27:7|HE}} mentions that ''tekhelet''-cloth could be obtained from "isles of [[Elishah]]" ([[Cyprus]]). All Biblical mentions of tekhelet, implies that it was difficult to obtain and expensive, an impression further corroborated by the later rabbinic writings.<ref name=kosior>{{cite journal |last=Kosior |first=Wojciech |date=2018-07-27 |title="Like a Throne of Glory:" The Apotropaic Potential of Ṣîṣîṯ in the Hebrew Bible and Early Rabbinic Literature |journal=Review of Rabbinic Judaism |language=en |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=176–201 |s2cid=171703270 |issn=1570-0704 |doi=10.1163/15700704-12341342 |url=https://www.academia.edu/36776651}}</ref>