58 Bible Verses about Linen

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Exodus 26:1

And thou shalt make the tent, ten curtains, white linen twisted, and cerulean purple, and reddish purple, and double scarlet: and cherubs the work of the artificer shalt thou make them.

Exodus 26:31

And make a vail of cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer: he shall make with it Cherubs.

Matthew 27:59

And Joseph having taken the body, inwrapped it in clean fine linen:

Judges 14:12-13

And Samson will say to them, I will propose to you an enigma: if announcing, ye shall announce it to me in seven days of the drinking, and ye find out, and I will give to you thirty wide garments and thirty exchanges of garments: And if ye shall not be able to announce to me, and ye give me thirty wide garments and thirty exchanges of garments: and they will say to him, Propose thine enigma and we will hear it.

Jeremiah 13:1

Thus said Jehovah to me, Go buy for thee a girdle of linen, and put it upon thy loins, and thou shalt not cause it to come into water.

Mark 14:51

And one certain young man followed him, having cast a garment of fine linen over his nakedness; and the young men seized him:

Genesis 41:42

And Pharaoh will remove his signet ring from his hand, and will give it upon Joseph's hand; and will put upon him a white garment, and will put a gold collar about his neck.

Isaiah 3:23

The mirrors and the shirts and the turbans and the veils.

Ezekiel 16:10

And I will clothe thee with variegations, and shoe thee with tahash, and I will bind thee round with fine linen, and cover thee with silk.

Revelation 18:16

And saying, Woe, woe, the great city, surrounded with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! for in one hour was so great riches laid waste.

Leviticus 16:23

And Aaron shall come to the tent of appointment, and he put off the garments of linen which he put on in his going in to the holy place, and he left them there.

Exodus 28:39

And interweave the tunic of byssus, and make the turban of byssus, and the girdle thou shalt make of variegated work.

Leviticus 6:10

And the priest put on his garment of thread, and his drawers of thread he shall put upon his flesh, and he took up the ashes which the fire shall consume, with the burnt-offering upon the altar, and he put it beside the altar.

Leviticus 16:4

The holy linen tunic shall be put on, and the linen drawers shall be upon his flesh, and with a linen girdle shall he be girded, and with a linen turban shall he be wound round: these the holy garments; and he washed his flesh in water and put them on.

1 Samuel 22:18

And the king will say to Doeg, Turn thou about, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite will turn about, and he will fall upon the priests and kill in that day eighty and five men lifting up a linen ephod.

2 Samuel 6:14

And David leaping with all strength before Jehovah: and David was girded with a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 15:27

And David being girded with an upper garment of byssus, and all the Levites lifting up the ark and those singing, and Chenaniah the chief of the lifting up of those singing: and upon David an ephod of linen.

2 Chronicles 5:12

And the Levites, those singing to all them to Asaph, to Heman, to Jeduthun, and to then some and their brethren; being clothed with byssus, with cymbals and with lyres and harps, standing from the sunrising to the altar, and with them the priests to a hundred and twenty, trumpeting with trumpets:)

Ezekiel 44:17-18

And it was in their going in to the gates of the inner enclosure they shall put on linen garments; and wool shall not come up upon them in their serving in the gates of the inner enclosure, and the house. And linen turbans shall be upon their heads, and linen drawers shall be upon their loins; and they shall not be girded with sweat

Revelation 15:6

And the seven angels came forth out of the temple, having the seven blows, clothed in linen, pure and shining, and being girded about the breasts with golden girdles.

Ezekiel 9:2-3

And behold, six men coming from the way of the highest gate which looking to the north, and each a weapon of smiting in pieces in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed with linen, an inkhorn of the scribe upon his loins: and they will come and stand by the altar of brass. And the glory of the God of Israel came up from the cherub where he Was upon it, to the threshold of the house. And he will call to the man clothed with linen to whom the inkhorn of the scribe upon his loins.

Ezekiel 10:2

And he will say to the man clothed with linen, and he will say, Go in between the wheel, underneath to the cherub, and fill thy fists with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city. And he will go in before mine eyes.

Ezekiel 40:3

And he will bring me there, and behold, a man, his appearance as the appearance of brass, and a cord of flax in his hand, and a reed of measure; and he stood in the gate.

Daniel 10:5

And I shall lift up mine eyes and see, and behold, one man being clothed with linen garments, and his loins being girded with gold of Uphaz:

Daniel 12:6-7

And he will say to the man clothed with linen garments which was above to the waters of the river, Till when the end of the wonders? And I shall hear the man clothed with linen garments, who was above to the waters of the river, and he will lift up his right hand and his left to the heavens, and swear by him living forever, that for an appointment of appointments and a half; in the scattering of the hand of the holy people being finished, all these shall be finished.

Exodus 25:3-4

And this the offering which ye shall take from them; gold, and silver, and brass. Cerulean purple, and reddish purple, and double scarlet and fine cotton, and goats' hair,

Exodus 35:5-6

Take ye from you an offering to Jehovah: all of a willing heart shall bring an offering to Jehovah; gold and silver and brass, And cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and byssus, and goats' hair,

Exodus 27:9

And make an enclosure to the tent: for the side south of the right hand, curtains for the enclosure, twisted byssus a hundred of cubits the length, for the one side.

Exodus 28:5

And they shall take gold and the cerulean purple, and the red purple and the double scarlet, and the byssus.

Exodus 38:9

And he will make the enclosure: to the south side southward, the curtains of the enclosure twisted byssus, a hundred cubits.

Proverbs 31:22

She made for herself coverings; byssus and purple her clothing.

Proverbs 7:16

With adornings I spread my bed, variegated with thread of Egypt

Ezekiel 27:7

Fine linen with variegation from Egypt was thy spreading forth to be to thee for a signal; cerulean purple, and reddish purple, from the isles of Elisha was thy covering.

1 Chronicles 4:21

The sons of Shelah son of Judah, Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, fathers of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the working of the byssus to the house of Ashbea,

Exodus 35:25

And every woman wise of heart spun with her hands, and they will bring the winning, the cerulean purple, and the red purple, the double scarlet and the byssus.

Exodus 36:8

And all the wise of heart will work in doing the work of the temple: ten curtains of twisted byssus and cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet; Cherubs a skilful work he made them.

Exodus 38:23

And with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and an artificer, and variegator in cerulean purple, and in red purple, and in double scarlet, and in byssus

Exodus 39:2

And he will make the ephod, gold, cerulean purple, red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus

2 Chronicles 2:13-14

And now I sent a wise man knowing understanding to Huram my father, The son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in woods, in purple, in cerulean purple, and in byssus, and in crimson; and to engrave every engraving, and to invent every work of art which shall be given to him, with thy wise ones, and the wise of my lord David thy father.

2 Chronicles 3:14

And he will make the vail of cerulean purple, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and he will bring up cherubims upon it.

Isaiah 19:9

And they working hatcheled flax and they weaving white linens were ashamed.

Deuteronomy 22:11

Thou shalt not put on any thing adulterated, wool and linen together.

Ezekiel 27:16

Aram thy merchant from the multitude of thy works: they gave in thy markets with the gem, reddish purple, and variegation, and byssus, and red corals, and ruby.

Proverbs 31:24

She made the under garment., and she will sell; and she gave a girdle to the Canaanite.

Revelation 18:12

The cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all fir wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of precious wood, and of iron, and brass, and marble,

Leviticus 13:47-48

When a garment the stroke of leprosy shall be in it, whether in the garment of wool or in the garment of linen; Or in the warp, or in the woof, to the linen or to the wool: or in the skin, or in any work of skin:

Mark 15:46

And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he rolled in fine linen, and placed him in a tomb, which was quarried out of a rock, and he rolled a stone at the door of the tomb.

Luke 23:53

And having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and put it in a tomb cut in stone, where none was ever laid.

John 19:40

Then took they the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen bandages with spices, as the custom is to the Jews to prepare a body for interment.

Luke 24:12

And Peter having risen, ran to the tomb; and having stooped, saw the linen bandages lying alone, and he departed, wondering in himself at what was done.

John 11:44

And the dead came out, bound feet and hands with bandages; and his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and let him retire.

John 20:5-7

And having stood stooping, he sees the linen bandages lying; yet he did not go in. Then comes Simon Peter following him, and he came into the tomb, and sees the linen bandages lying, And the napkin, which was upon his head, not lying with the linen bandages, but separately inwrapped in one place.

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went forth from before the king in clothing of the kingdom, cerulean purple, and white, and a great crown of gold, and a wide robe of byssus and purple: and the city Shushan shouted and was glad:

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Revelation 18:12

The cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all fir wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel of precious wood, and of iron, and brass, and marble,

1 Kings 10:28

And a going forth of horses out of Egypt to Solomon, and a caravan of the king's merchants will take the caravan at a price.

the Ephod » Worn » Linen » Generally of linen

2 Samuel 6:14

And David leaping with all strength before Jehovah: and David was girded with a linen ephod.

Garments » Materials used for » Linen

Leviticus 6:10

And the priest put on his garment of thread, and his drawers of thread he shall put upon his flesh, and he took up the ashes which the fire shall consume, with the burnt-offering upon the altar, and he put it beside the altar.

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went forth from before the king in clothing of the kingdom, cerulean purple, and white, and a great crown of gold, and a wide robe of byssus and purple: and the city Shushan shouted and was glad:

Linen » Garments » For men made of

Genesis 41:42

And Pharaoh will remove his signet ring from his hand, and will give it upon Joseph's hand; and will put upon him a white garment, and will put a gold collar about his neck.

Ezekiel 9:2

And behold, six men coming from the way of the highest gate which looking to the north, and each a weapon of smiting in pieces in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed with linen, an inkhorn of the scribe upon his loins: and they will come and stand by the altar of brass.

Linen » Garments » For women made of

Isaiah 3:23

The mirrors and the shirts and the turbans and the veils.

Ezekiel 16:10-13

And I will clothe thee with variegations, and shoe thee with tahash, and I will bind thee round with fine linen, and cover thee with silk. And I shall deck thee with ornaments, and I shall give bracelets upon thy hands and a chain upon thy throat And I will give a ring upon thy nose, and earrings for thine ears, and a crown of glory upon thy head. read more.
And thou shalt be decked with gold and silver, and thy clothing fine linen and silk, and variegation; fine flour and honey and oil thou didst eat; and thou wilt be fair, very exceedingly, and thou wilt prosper into a kingdom.

Linen » Exported » from egypt

1 Kings 10:28

And a going forth of horses out of Egypt to Solomon, and a caravan of the king's merchants will take the caravan at a price.

Ezekiel 27:7

Fine linen with variegation from Egypt was thy spreading forth to be to thee for a signal; cerulean purple, and reddish purple, from the isles of Elisha was thy covering.

Linen » Mosaic law forbade its being interwoven with wool

Leviticus 19:19

My laws shall ye watch: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with two diverse kinds: thy field thou shalt not sow with two diverse kinds; and a garment of two diverse kinds (of linen and woolen) shall not come upon thee.

Deuteronomy 22:11

Thou shalt not put on any thing adulterated, wool and linen together.

Linen » The corpse of jesus was wrapped in

Mark 15:46

And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he rolled in fine linen, and placed him in a tomb, which was quarried out of a rock, and he rolled a stone at the door of the tomb.

John 20:5

And having stood stooping, he sees the linen bandages lying; yet he did not go in.

Linen » Vestments of priests made of

Exodus 28:15

And make the ornament of judgment a work of the artificer; according to the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; gold, cerulean purple, red purple, and double scarlet, and byssus, thou shalt make it

Exodus 28:5-8

And they shall take gold and the cerulean purple, and the red purple and the double scarlet, and the byssus. And they shall make the ephod of gold, cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer. Two shoulder pieces shall be joined to it, to its two ends: and it being joined together. read more.
And the girdle of its ephod, which is upon it, shall be according to the making of it from it; gold, cerulean purple, red purple, double scarlet, and twisted byssus.

Exodus 28:39-42

And interweave the tunic of byssus, and make the turban of byssus, and the girdle thou shalt make of variegated work. And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make tunics, and make for them girdles, and caps shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. And put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him: and anoint them, and fill their hand And consecrate them, and they shall be priests to me. read more.
And make for them drawers of linen to cover the flesh of nakedness: from the loins and even to the thighs they shall be.

Linen » Livery of royal households made of

Genesis 41:42

And Pharaoh will remove his signet ring from his hand, and will give it upon Joseph's hand; and will put upon him a white garment, and will put a gold collar about his neck.

Esther 8:15

And Mordecai went forth from before the king in clothing of the kingdom, cerulean purple, and white, and a great crown of gold, and a wide robe of byssus and purple: and the city Shushan shouted and was glad:

Linen » Figurative » Pure and white, of righteousness

Revelation 15:6

And the seven angels came forth out of the temple, having the seven blows, clothed in linen, pure and shining, and being girded about the breasts with golden girdles.

Linen » Curtains of the tabernacle made of

Exodus 26:1

And thou shalt make the tent, ten curtains, white linen twisted, and cerulean purple, and reddish purple, and double scarlet: and cherubs the work of the artificer shalt thou make them.

Exodus 27:9

And make an enclosure to the tent: for the side south of the right hand, curtains for the enclosure, twisted byssus a hundred of cubits the length, for the one side.

Linen » Exported » From syria

Ezekiel 27:16

Aram thy merchant from the multitude of thy works: they gave in thy markets with the gem, reddish purple, and variegation, and byssus, and red corals, and ruby.

Linen » Bedding made of

Proverbs 7:16

With adornings I spread my bed, variegated with thread of Egypt

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