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    Indigo

    IN-dih-goh

    Meaning

    Deep blue dye; Indian dye

    Greek/Spanish origin · Unisex

    What it points to

    Indigo is the blue of the priesthood — the ephod's robe, the tabernacle's curtain, the deep color that consecrates the servant of God.

    Verses · King James Version

    “And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.”

    Exodus 28:31

    “Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet.”

    Exodus 26:1

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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