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(μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ ), an expression used by Paul to designate the Mosaic law as the dividing line between Jews and Gentiles (Ephesians 2:14). Commentators are not exactly a greed as to the special point ‘ of the comparison, whether to the חֵיל, or sacred fence of stone pillars erected in the Temple to warn off all non-Jews (Josephas, ἑρκίον λιθίνου δρυφάκτου, Ant. 15:11, 5), or the inner veil of the Most Holy Place (1 Kings 6:21, עַבֵּר, "he made a partition"), which was rent at the crucifixion (Matthew 27:51; comp. Hebrews 10:20). (See TEMPLE).