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Crimson

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Crimson names a deep red dye prized in scripture for tabernacle furnishings, royal garments, and prophetic imagery, where it stands at once for the stain of sin, the splendor of kings, and the price of redemption. The biblical use ranges across temple craftsmanship, royal display, and Isaiah's promise that sins crimson as the dye can be made white as snow.

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