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Comments: Close look at the full size replica of the Israelite Tabernacle (Mishkan) in Timna valley, Israel.

 

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Comments: Curtain coverings described in Exodus 26, from the display for the Tabernacle replica at BYU.

 

From Easton: (1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide, made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat's hair, covered the tabernacle (Exodus 26:1-13; Exodus 36:8-17).

(2.) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from the sanctuary, is designated by a different Hebrew word (peroketh). It is described as a "veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work" (Exodus 26:31; Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 18:7).

(3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isaiah 40:22), is an expression used with reference to the veil or awning which Orientals spread for a screen over their courts in summer. According to the prophet, the heavens are spread over our heads as such an awning. Similar expressions are found in Psalms 104:2; comp. Isaiah 44:24; Job 9:8.

Verses:

  • Exodus 26:1
  • Exodus 26:2
  • Exodus 26:3
  • Exodus 26:4
  • Exodus 26:5
  • Exodus 26:6
  • Exodus 26:7
  • Exodus 26:8
  • Exodus 26:9
  • Exodus 26:10
  • Exodus 26:12
  • Exodus 26:13
  • Exodus 26:36
  • Exodus 26:37
  • Exodus 27:9
  • Exodus 27:11
  • Exodus 27:12
  • Exodus 27:14
  • Exodus 27:15
  • Exodus 27:16
  • Exodus 27:18
  • Exodus 35:15
  • Exodus 35:17
  • Exodus 36:8
  • Exodus 36:9
  • Exodus 36:10
  • Exodus 36:11
  • Exodus 36:12
  • Exodus 36:13
  • Exodus 36:14
  • Exodus 36:15
  • Exodus 36:16
  • Exodus 36:17
  • Exodus 36:37
  • Exodus 38:9
  • Exodus 38:12
  • Exodus 38:14
  • Exodus 38:15
  • Exodus 38:16
  • Exodus 38:18
  • Exodus 39:38
  • Exodus 39:40
  • Exodus 40:5
  • Exodus 40:8
  • Exodus 40:28
  • Exodus 40:33
  • Numbers 3:25
  • Numbers 3:26
  • Numbers 3:31
  • Numbers 4:5
  • Numbers 4:25
  • Numbers 4:26
  • Song of Solomon 1:5
  • Isaiah 40:22
  • Isaiah 54:2
  • Jeremiah 4:20
  • Jeremiah 10:20
  • Jeremiah 49:29
  • Habakkuk 3:7
  • Hebrews 6:19
  • Hebrews 9:3
  • Hebrews 10:20
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​c/curtain.html. 2024.
 
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