פָּרֹ֫כֶת
po.re.khet (H6532)
curtain
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The Hebrew word פָּרֹ֫כֶת (po.re.khet) is defined as a "curtain." It appears 25 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in various contexts. The word's meaning is straightforward, referring to a hanging or suspended fabric, often used to separate or divide spaces. The word's range of usage is quite broad, encompassing different settings such as tabernacles (Exodus 26:33), temples (2 Chronicles 3:14), and even a woman's bedchamber (Job 3:26). This suggests that curtains played a significant role in ancient Jewish architecture and daily life. The significance of this word lies in its association with separation, modesty, and reverence. Curtains were used to create private spaces, hide sacred objects, and maintain a sense of awe and respect for the divine. Its ubiquity in the Bible highlights the importance of these concepts in ancient Jewish culture and tradition.
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“You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. It shall be the work of a skillful workman.
You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the covenant in there within the veil. The veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lamp stand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. You shall put the table on the north side.
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
the ark, and its poles, the mercy seat, the veil of the screen;
He made the veil of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. He made it the work of a skillful workman.
The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, one talent per socket.
the covering of rams’ skins dyed red, the covering of sea cow hides, the veil of the screen,
You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the covenant, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
He put the table in the Tent of Meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside of the veil.
He put the golden altar in the Tent of Meeting before the veil;
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.
The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.
“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’ ”
Outside of the veil of the Testimony, in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh continually. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations.
When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
He made the veil of blue, purple, crimson, and fine linen, and ornamented it with cherubim.