Reference: Linen
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LINEN is cloth made from the prepared fibre of flax. In ancient Egypt great proficiency was attained in its manufacture (Pliny, HN vii. 56; Strabo, xxvii. 41; Herod. ii. 182), and a flourishing trade was carried on (Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7). As material of wearing apparel it has always been esteemed in the East. In a hot climate it tends to greater freshness and cleanliness than cotton or wool. The Egyptian priests were obliged to wear linen (Herod. ii. 37; Wilk. Anc. Egyp. iii. 117). The 'cotton garments' mentioned on the Rosetta stone were probably worn over the linen, and left outside when the priests entered a temple. The embalmed bodies of men and animals were wrapped in strips of linen. No other material was used for this purpose (Wilk. ib. iii. 115, 116, 484). Perhaps we may trace Egyptian influence in the place given to linen in the hangings, etc., of the Tabernacle, and in the garments of the priests (Ex 25:4; 26:1 etc., Ex 28:15 etc.). It formed part of the usual clothing of royalty, and of the wealthy classes (Ge 41:42; Es 8:15; Lu 16:19). It is the dress worn by persons engaged in religious service. The priests are those who 'wear a linen ephod' (1Sa 22:18). The child Samuel in Shiloh (1Sa 2:18), and David, bringing back the ark (2Sa 6:14 etc.), also wear the linen ephod; cf. Eze 9:2; 10:2; Da 10:5. It formed the garment of the Levite singers (2Ch 5:12). It was the fitting raiment of the Lamb's wife, 'the righteousness of the saints' (Re 19:3); presumptuously assumed by 'the great city Babylon' (Re 18:16); in it are also arrayed 'the armies that are in heaven' (Re 19:14).
No clear and uniform distinction can be drawn between several Heb. words tr 'linen.' bad appears to be always used of garments (Ge 41:42 etc.), while sh
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And Pharaoh took his signet ring from off his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
And Pharaoh took his signet ring from off his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck.
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' [hair],
Moreover thou shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains, of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall thou make them.
Moreover thou shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains, of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shall thou make them.
And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen.
And thou shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman. Thou shall make it like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, thou shall make it.
and the miter of fine linen, and the goodly head-coverings of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shall not let thy cattle engender with a diverse kind. Thou shall not sow thy field with two kinds of seed, neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.
And it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went I know not. Pursue after them quickly, for ye will overtake them.
And Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you. If ye can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment,
When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
But Samuel ministered before LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.
And David danced before LORD with all his might. And David was girded with a linen ephod.
And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt. And the king's merchants received them in herds, each herd at a price.
Also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a h
[There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble. The couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red and white and yellow
And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple. And the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
Thus says LORD to me, Go, and buy thee a linen sash, and put it upon thy loins, and do not put it in water.
And, behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lays toward the north, each man with his slaughter weapon in his hand, and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's case by his side. And they we
And he spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in
Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Of fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, that it might be to thee for an ensign. Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.
Syria was thy merchant because of the multitude of thy handiworks. They traded for thy wares with emeralds, purple, and embroidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.
I lifted up my eyes, and looked. And, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz.
And a certain one young man followed with him, having been wrapped naked in a linen cloth. And the young men seized him,
Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily.
So they took the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, just as is the custom of the Jews to bury.
And he sees heaven opened, and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet bound at four corners, and being lowered to the earth,
and saying, Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls!
And a second time they said, Praise Lord! And the smoke of her ascended into the ages of the ages.
And the armies in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, pure white.