* vail of blue.
{Parachoth,} from {parach,} to separate, divide, make a
distinction between somewhat, the inner vail, which divided
the tabernacle into two, and separated, and made a
distinction between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies.
This vail was made of the same rich materials as the inner
covering of the tabernacle, and curiously embroidered with
cherubim and other ornaments. Though it does not appear from
Scripture at what distance from either end of the tabernacle
this vail was hung, yet is reasonably conjectured, that it
divided it in the same proportion in which the temple, built
after this model, was divided; that is, two-thirds of the
whole length were allotted to the first room, and one-third
to the second; so that the room beyond the vail, the Holy of
Holies, was exactly square, being ten cubits each way, and
the first room, the sanctuary, was twice as long as it was
broad.
26:31-35 30:6 40:21 Mt 27:51 Heb 10:20
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