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Curtain
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The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Curtain. Jump to one below, or read in order.
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).
Curtain (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).
Curtain (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.
In the Bible
34
Verses where Curtain is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Exodus 26:2
Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide —all curtains the same size.
- Exodus 26:4
Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
- Exodus 26:5
Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
- Exodus 26:8
Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
- Exodus 26:9
Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.
- Exodus 26:10
Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
+28 more verses naming Curtain.
Scripture on Curtain
18
Curtain references
1
Voices on Curtain
4
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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