Chapter 10: The Veil of the Temple

1The priests held a council and said, “Let us make a veil for the Temple of the Lord.”

2The priest said, “Call the pure virgins from the tribe of David to me.” The officers went out, searched, and found seven. Then the priest remembered that the child Mary was from the tribe of David and was pure before God. The officers went out and brought her.

3They brought the virgins into the Temple of the Lord, and the priest said, “Cast lots for me to determine who will spin the gold, the white, the linen, the silk, the violet, the scarlet, and the true purple.”

4The lot for the true purple and the scarlet fell to Mary, and she took them into her house. This was the time when Zechariah fell silent, and Samuel took his place until Zechariah could speak. Mary took the scarlet and began spinning it.