Reference: Curtain
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(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).
(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; Le 16:2; Nu 18:7).
(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 104:2; comp. Isa 44:24; Job 9:8.
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Construct the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material. Make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. Each curtain will be forty-two feet long and six feet wide. All will be the same size. read more. Five of the curtains must be sewn together. The other five must also be sewn together. Make fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set, Place the loops opposite each other. Make fifty gold fasteners. Use them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the tent is a single unit. Make eleven curtains of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. Each of the eleven curtains will be forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Sew five of the curtains together into one set. Sew the remaining six into another set. Fold the sixth curtains in half to hang in front of the tent. Fasten fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. Make fifty bronze fasteners. Put the fasteners through the loops to link the inner tent together as a single unit. Hang the remaining curtain over the back of the inner tent. Eighteen inches will be left over on each side because of the length of the outer tent's curtains. That should hang over each side in order to cover the inner tent.
Build a canopy of violet, purple, and bright red yarn. Creatively work an angel design of cherubim into fine linen yarn.
The most skilled men among those doing the work made the Tent of Jehovah's presence. They made it out of ten pieces of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Each curtain was forty-two feet long and six feet wide. They were all the same size. read more. Five of the curtains were sewn together. The other five were also sewn together. They made fifty violet loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set. They placed the loops opposite sides of each other. They also made fifty gold fasteners. They used them to link the two sets of curtains together so that the inner tent was a single unit. Eleven curtains were made of goats' hair to form an outer tent over the inner tent. Each of the eleven curtains was forty-five feet long and six feet wide. Five of the curtains were sewn together into one set, and the remaining six into another set. They made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in each set.
Jehovah said: Tell your brother Aaron that he cannot go into the holy place whenever he wants to. If he goes up to the canopy and stands in front of the throne of mercy on the Ark, he will die. This is because I appear in the smoke above the throne of mercy.
Only you and your sons may do the work of priests, everything done at the altar and under the canopy. This is my gift to you: You may serve me as priests. Anyone else who comes near the holy place to do this work must die.
He alone spreads out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain.
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.
I am Jehovah, your savior. I am the one who created you. I am Jehovah, the Creator of all things. I alone stretched out the heavens! No one helped me when I made the earth (I was by myself) (Who was with me?).