Bible Dictionaries
Curtain

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