Tents

Tents

Origin and antiquity of
Genesis 4:20
CALLED
- Tabernacles
  Numbers 24:5 ; Job 12:6 ; Hebrews 11:9
- Curtains
  Isaiah 54:2 ; Hebrews 3:7
Were spread out
Isaiah 40:22
Fastened by cords to stakes or nails
Isaiah 54:2 ; Jeremiah 10:20 ; Judges 4:21
WERE USED BY
- Patriarchs
  Genesis 13:5 ; 25:27 ; Hebrews 11:9
- Israel in the desert
  Exodus 33:8 ; Numbers 24:2
- The people of Israel in all their wars
  1 Samuel 4:3 1 Samuel 4:10 ; 29:1 ; 1 Kings 16:16
- The Rechabites
  Jeremiah 35:7 Jeremiah 35:10
- The Arabs
  Isaiah 13:20
- Shepherds while tending their flocks
  Solomon 1:8 ; Isaiah 38:12
- All eastern nations
  Judges 6:5 ; 1 Samuel 17:4 ; 2 Kings 7:7 ; 1 Chronicles 5:10
Separate, for females of the family
Genesis 24:67
Separate, for the servants
Genesis 31:33
WERE PITCHED
- With order and regularity
  Numbers 1:52
- In the neighbourhood of wells, &c
  Genesis 13:10 Genesis 13:12 ; Genesis 26:17 Genesis 26:18 ; 1 Samuel 29:1
- Under trees
  Genesis 18:1 Genesis 18:4 ; Judges 4:5
- On the tops of houses
  2 Samuel 16:22
Sending persons to seek a convenient place for, alluded to
Deuteronomy 1:33
Ease and rapidity of their removal, alluded to
Isaiah 38:12
Of the Jews contrasted with those of the Arabs
Numbers 24:5 ; Solomon 1:5
Custom of sitting and standing at the door of
Genesis 18:1 ; Judges 4:20
ILLUSTRATIVE
- (Spread out,) of the heavens
  Isaiah 40:22
- (Enlarging of,) of the great extension of the Church
  Isaiah 54:2

Bibliography Information

Torrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Tents'". "The New Topical Text Book". . 1897.