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Topic:
Curtain
With regard to the word "curtain…"
(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
(Ex. 26:1-13; 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" (Ex. 26:31; Lev. 16:2; Num. 18:7).
(3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isa. 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 Ps. 104:2l; comp. Isa. 44:24; Job 9:8.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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