Hanging

"(as a punishment), a mark of infamy inflicted on the dead bodies" of criminals (Deut. 21:23) rather than our modern mode of punishment. Criminals were first strangled and then hanged (Nu. 25:4; Deut. 21:22). (See 2 Sam. 21:6 for the practice of the Gibeonites.) "Hanging (as a curtain). (1.) Heb. masak, (a) before the entrance to the court of the tabernacle (Ex. 35:17); (b) before the door "of the tabernacle (26:36, 37); (c) before the entrance to the" "most holy place, called "the veil of the covering" (35:12;" "39:34), as the word properly means." "(2.) Heb. kelaim, tapestry covering the walls of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9; 35:17; Num. 3:26) to the half of the height of the wall (Ex. 27:18; comp. 26:16). These hangings were fastened to pillars. "(3.) Heb. bottim (2 Kings 23:7), "hangings for the grove" (R.V., "for the Asherah); marg., instead of "hangings," has "tents" or" houses. Such curtained structures for idolatrous worship are also alluded to in Ezek. 16:16.