Curtain

"(1.) Ten curtains, each twenty-eight cubits long and four wide," "made of fine linen, also eleven made of goat's hair, covered the" tabernacle (Ex. 26:1-13; 36:8-17). "(2.) The sacred curtain, separating the holy of holies from the "sanctuary, is designated by a different Hebrew word (peroketh)." "It is described as a "veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and" "fine twined linen of cunning work" (Ex. 26:31; Lev. 16:2; Num." 18:7). "(3.) "Stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain" (Isa. 40:22), is an expression used with reference to the veil or awning which Orientals spread for a screen over their courts in summer. "According to the prophet, the heavens are spread over our heads" as such an awning. Similar expressions are found in Ps. 104:2l; comp. Isa. 44:24; Job 9:8.