Tent


"(1.) Heb. `ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a" "dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and" "of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1" "Kings 1:39, it denotes the covering of goat's hair which was" placed over the mishcan. "(2.) Heb. mishcan (Cant. 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job "18:21; Ps. 87:2), the grave (Isa. 22:16; comp. 14:18), the" "temple (Ps. 46:4; 84:2; 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Ex. 25:9;" "26:1; 40:9; Num. 1:50, 53; 10:11). When distinguished from" "'ohel, it denotes the twelve interior curtains which lay upon" the framework of the tabernacle (q.v.). "(3.) Heb. kubbah (Num. 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the impure worship of Baal-peor. "(4.) Heb. succah (2 Sam. 11:11), a tent or booth made of green "boughs or branches (see Gen. 33:17; Lev. 23:34, 42; Ps. 18:11;" "Jonah 4:5; Isa. 4:6; Neh. 8:15-17, where the word is variously" rendered). "Jubal was "the father of such as dwell in tents" (Gen. 4:20). "The patriarchs were "dwellers in tents" (Gen. 9:21, 27; 12:8;" 13:12; 26:17); and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel dwelt in tents (Ex. 16:16; Deut. 33:18; Josh. 7:24). Tents have always occupied a prominent place in Eastern life (1 Sam. 17:54; 2 Kings 7:7; Ps. 120:5; Cant. 1:5). Paul the apostle's "occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts 18:3); i.e., perhaps a" maker of tent cloth.

"I.e., the tenth part of an ephah (as in the R.V.), equal to an" "omer or six pints. The recovered leper, to complete his" "purification, was required to bring a trespass, a sin, and a" "burnt offering, and to present a meal offering, a tenth deal or" "an omer of flour for each, with oil to make it into bread or" "cakes (Lev. 14:10, 21; comp. Ex. 16:36; 29:40)."


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