Reference: Linen
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LINEN is cloth made from the prepared fibre of flax. In ancient Egypt great proficiency was attained in its manufacture (Pliny, HN vii. 56; Strabo, xxvii. 41; Herod. ii. 182), and a flourishing trade was carried on (Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7). As material of wearing apparel it has always been esteemed in the East. In a hot climate it tends to greater freshness and cleanliness than cotton or wool. The Egyptian priests were obliged to wear linen (Herod. ii. 37; Wilk. Anc. Egyp. iii. 117). The 'cotton garments' mentioned on the Rosetta stone were probably worn over the linen, and left outside when the priests entered a temple. The embalmed bodies of men and animals were wrapped in strips of linen. No other material was used for this purpose (Wilk. ib. iii. 115, 116, 484). Perhaps we may trace Egyptian influence in the place given to linen in the hangings, etc., of the Tabernacle, and in the garments of the priests (Ex 25:4; 26:1 etc., Ex 28:15 etc.). It formed part of the usual clothing of royalty, and of the wealthy classes (Ge 41:42; Es 8:15; Lu 16:19). It is the dress worn by persons engaged in religious service. The priests are those who 'wear a linen ephod' (1Sa 22:18). The child Samuel in Shiloh (1Sa 2:18), and David, bringing back the ark (2Sa 6:14 etc.), also wear the linen ephod; cf. Eze 9:2; 10:2; Da 10:5. It formed the garment of the Levite singers (2Ch 5:12). It was the fitting raiment of the Lamb's wife, 'the righteousness of the saints' (Re 19:3); presumptuously assumed by 'the great city Babylon' (Re 18:16); in it are also arrayed 'the armies that are in heaven' (Re 19:14).
No clear and uniform distinction can be drawn between several Heb. words tr 'linen.' bad appears to be always used of garments (Ge 41:42 etc.), while sh
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And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,
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.
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.
And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen.
And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.