Badger
And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of
badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,...
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And he made a covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red,
and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that]....
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baj'er: tachash: The word tachash occurs in the descriptions
of the tabernacle in Ex 25; 26; 35; 36 and 39, in the
directions for moving the tabernacle as given in Nu 4, and
in only one other passage, Ezek 16:10, where Jerusalem is
spoken of as a maiden clothed and adorned by her Lord. In
nearly all these passages the word tachash occurs with ...
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-(R. V., SEAL or PORPOISE.)
-Skins of, used for covering of the tabernacle
Ex 25:5; 26:14; 35:7,23; 36:19; 39:34; Nu
4:6,8,10,11,12,14,25
-For shoes
Eze 16:10
-(R. V., SEALSKIN.)...
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There is much obscurity as to the meaning of the word tachash,
rendered "badger" in the Authorized Version, Ex 25:5; 35:7
etc. The ancient versions seem nearly all agreed that it
denotes not an animal but a color, either black or sky-blue.
The badger is not found in the Bible lands. The Arab duchash
or tufchash denotes a dolphin, including sea...
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this word is found in Ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19;
39:34;
Num. 4:6, etc. The tabernacle was covered with
badgers' skins;
the shoes of women were also made of them (Ezek.
16:10). Our
translators seem to have been misled by the
similarity in sound
of the Hebrew _tachash_ and the Latin _taxus_, "a
badger." The
revisers have correctly su...
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(Exodus 26:14). Badger skins were the outer covering of the
tabernacle, in the wilderness; and of the ark, the table,
the candlestick, the golden altar, and altar of burnt
offering (Numbers 4:6-14). In Ezekiel 16:10 Jehovah alludes
to this, under the image of the shoes made of badger skins
for delicate and beautiful women; "I shod thee with ba...
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And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the
tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering
of the badgers' skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging
for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,...
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No mention of the badger (Meles (genus)|meles]] taxus) is found in the D.V., whereas the A.V. regularly gives it as the English equivalent for táhásh. The skin of the táhásh is repeatedly spoken of as used for the outer cover of the tabernacle and the several pieces of its furniture. The old translations, and the D.V. after them, understood the wor...
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