Topic
Goats' Hair
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 25:4ISBE
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
- Exodus 26:7ISBE
¶ And thou shalt make curtains of goats’ hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make.
- Exodus 35:6ISBE
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
- Exodus 35:26ISBE
And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats’ hair.
- Exodus 36:14ISBE
¶ And he made curtains of goats’ hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
- Numbers 31:20ISBE
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
- 1 Samuel 19:13ISBE
And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
- 1 Samuel 19:16ISBE
And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for his bolster.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
('ez): The word for she-goat is used elliptically to mean goats' hair, which was used in the tabernacle furnishings in the form of curtains (Ex 26:7; 36:14). Goats' hair was probably used in the Midianite and Israelite camps in much the same way as in the Bedouin camps today (compare Nu 31:20). The tents, tent ropes and rugs are made of spun goats' hair. The provision sacks which hold wheat, rice, etc., and the saddlebags are made of the same material. A strip of the cloth rolled up furnishes a bolster for the head while sleeping (compare 1Sa 19:13,16). Goats' hair cloth is admirab1y suited to stand the hard usage of a frequently shifting encampment. The children of Israel appreciated its utility, even for the tabernacle, where to the modern critical eye it would have looked out of place, matched against scarlet and fine linen (Ex 25:4; 35:6,26). The fact that goats' hair was used is good indication of the comparative crudeness of the tabernacle, when contrasted with present-day furnishings.
James A. Patch
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.