Topic
Twine
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Exodus 26:1ISBE
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
twin (shazar, "to be twined"): The word is used in Ex 26:1 ff; 36:8 ff, etc., of the "fine twined linen" used for the curtains and hangings of the tabernacle, and for parts of the priests' dress. It denotes linen the finely spun threads of which consisted of two or more smaller threads twined together.
See LINEN; TABERNACLE.
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.