Curtain (Easton)

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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 Psalm 104:2 l; Compare Isaiah 44:24 ; Job 9:8 .

Source

• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)