Exodus 26 · a question people ask
Is this the veil that tore when Jesus died?
Not this one. Exodus 26 is the veil of the tabernacle, the tent Israel carried through the wilderness (2 Samuel 7:6). The Gospels speak of the temple in Jerusalem: "the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom" (Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38), and Luke says, "the veil of the temple was torn in two" (Luke 23:45). The temple Solomon built had a veil of the same kind: "He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim" (2 Chronicles 3:14). But that temple was later burned (2 Kings 25:9), and the Gospels don't describe the veil of the temple in Jesus' day. They don't say which of the temple's hangings it was, and they don't explain the tearing. Hebrews, which doesn't mention the tearing, speaks of "a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh" (Hebrews 10:20). Many Christians read the torn veil together with Hebrews 10:20; that is a reading of the two side by side, since neither passage cites the other.
The verses
“For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought the children of Israel up out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.”
“Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.”
“Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom.”
“The sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.”