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A colour often mentioned with blue and scarlet in connection with the tabernacle. Ex. 25: 4, etc. Among the spoils taken from the Midianites under Gideon was "purple raiment that was on the kings," and it is used as a symbol of royalty. Judges 8: 26. In derision the soldiers put a crown of thorns and a 'purple' robe on the Lord, as king of the Jews. Mark 15: 17, 20; John 19: 2, 5. The rich man in Luke 16: 19 was clothed in purple; and papal Rome is seen as a woman clothed in purple and scarlet, royalty and splendour. Rev. 17: 4; Rev. 18: 12, 16.