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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Curtain

Curtain

  • 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 ; 36:8-17 ).

  • 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 ).

  • "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 Ps 104:2l; Compare Isaiah 44:24 ; Job 9:8 .

    These dictionary topics are from
    M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
    published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
    Bibliography Information

    Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Curtain". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

    • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Curtain

    CURTAIN

    kur'-t'-n, -ten, -tin:

    The word ordinarily used for curtain is yeri`ah. Thus in Exodus 26:1; 36:8 of the curtains of the tabernacle (see TABERNACLE); in 2 Samuel 7:2; Psalms 104:2; Song of Solomon 1:5; Isaiah 54:2; Jeremiah 4:20; 10:20; 49:29; Habakkuk 3:7.

    Figurative:

    In Isaiah 40:22 (like Psalms 104:2, of the heavens), the word used is doq, literally, "gauze."

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    Bibliography Information
    Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'CURTAIN'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.