Veils
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the
Holiest of all;...
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val: The following words are so translated in English
Versions of the Bible (sometimes the King James Version
vail): (1) miTpachath, Ruth 3:15 the King James Version, the
Revised Version (British and American) "mantle." As the
material was strong enough to serve as a bag for a large
quantity of grain the Revised Version (British and American) ...
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Worn
By Rebekah
Ge 24:65
By Tamar
Ge 38:14,19
By Moses, to screen his face when he descended from Mount
Sinai
Ex 34:33,35; 2Co 3:13-16...
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With regard to the use of the veil, it is important to observe
that it was by no means so general in ancient as in modern
times. Much of the scrupulousness in respect of the use of the
veil dates from the promulgation of the Koran, which forbade
women appearing unveiled except in the presence of their
nearest relatives. In ancient times the ve...
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(1.) Heb. mitpahath (Ruth 3:15; marg., "sheet" or "apron;"
R.V.,
"mantle"). In Isa. 3:22 this word is plural,
rendered "wimples;"
R.V., "shawls" i.e., wraps.
(2.) Massekah (Isa. 25:7; in Isa. 28:20 rendered
"covering").
The word denotes something spread out and covering
or concealing
something else (comp. 2 Cor. 3:13-15).
(3.) Masveh (Ex....
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(See DRESS.) The mitpachath (Rth 3:15), tsaiph (Genesis
24:65; Genesis 38:14; Genesis 38:19), and radial (Song of
Solomon 5:7; Isaiah 3:23). Moses' veil was the masveh
(Exodus 34:33-35), related to suth (Genesis 49:11). An ample
outer robe, drawn over the face when required. Mispachot,
the false prophets' magical veils or "kerchiefs" (Ezekiel ...
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And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks
rent;...
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The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,
they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil
from me....
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Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and
stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;...
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And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom....
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