'Covering' in the Bible

Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up.

for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.

You shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above.

the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;

He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of porpoise skins above.

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

and the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, and the covering of porpoise skins, and the screening veil;

He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and the fat covering, and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver,

Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,

and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles.

They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles.

and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars.

Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its poles;

and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin, and put them on the carrying bars.

When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,

Every open vessel, which has no covering tied down on it, shall be unclean.

He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close relative.”

And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well’s mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above.

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles.

“They spend the night naked, without clothing,And have no covering against the cold.

“Naked is Sheol before Him,And Abaddon has no covering.

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,Or that the needy had no covering,

Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak,Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

He spread a cloud for a covering,And fire to illumine by night.

‘Your pomp and the music of your harpsHave been brought down to Sheol;Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath youAnd worms are your covering.’

And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples,Even the veil which is stretched over all nations.

“I clothe the heavens with blacknessAnd make sackcloth their covering.”

Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies.

Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other.

“You were in Eden, the garden of God;Every precious stone was your covering:The ruby, the topaz and the diamond;The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald;And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets,Was in you.On the day that you were createdThey were prepared.

“By the abundance of your tradeYou were internally filled with violence,And you sinned;Therefore I have cast you as profaneFrom the mountain of God.And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub,From the midst of the stones of fire.

You will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you.”

but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.