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Bible Encyclopedias
Clasps
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
A difficulty arises from the direction in Exodus 26:33 that the veil which divided the "dwelling" into two parts - the holy place and the most holy - was to be suspended "under the clasps." If the clasps are supposed to be midway in the total length of the tabernacle, this would make the two holy places to be of equal size, contrary to the usual assumption that the outer was twice the length of the inner. The term "under" must therefore be used with some latitude, or the ordinary conception of the arrangement of the curtains, or of the size of the holy places will have to be revised (the dimensions are not actually given in the description).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Clasps'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/clasps.html. 1915.