Topic
Hanging, Hangings
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1884 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 26:36Smith
And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.
- Exodus 26:37Smith
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
- Exodus 27:9Smith
¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 35:17Smith
The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court,
- Exodus 38:9Smith
¶ And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
- Exodus 39:38Smith
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
- Numbers 3:26Smith
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
- Numbers 4:26Smith
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
- The "hanging" was a curtain or ’covering’ to close an entrance; one was placed before the door of the tabernacle. Exod 26:36,37; 39:38
- The "hangings"; were used for covering, the walls of the court of the tabernacles just as tapestry is used in modern times. (Exodus 27:9; 35:17; 38:9; Numbers 3:26; 4:26)
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.