Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5392 linen
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5392 linen

5392 linen

Fine cloth woven from flax used in clothing and curtains. It was also used in burials.

People dressed in linen

Linen clothing Jdg 14:12-13 See also Jer 13:1; Hos 2:5,9; Mk 14:51

It expresssed prosperity Ge 41:42 See also Est 8:15; Isa 3:23; Eze 16:10,13; Lk 16:19; Rev 18:16; Rev 19:8

It was worn by priests Lev 16:23 See also Ex 28:39,42; Lev 6:10; Lev 16:4,32; 1Sa 2:18; 1Sa 22:18; 2Sa 6:14; 1Ch 15:27; 2Ch 5:12; Eze 44:17-18

It was worn by angelic visitors Rev 15:6 See also Eze 9:2-3,11; Eze 10:2,6-7; Eze 40:3; Da 10:5; Da 12:6-7; Rev 19:8,14

Linen as an offering

Ex 25:3-4; Ex 35:5-6,23

Linen used to make things

In the tabernacle Ex 26:1 See also Ex 26:31,36; Ex 27:9,16,18; Ex 28:5,8,15; Ex 38:9,16,18

Other products Pr 31:22 See also Est 1:6; Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7

People skilled in working with linen

1Ch 4:21 See also Ex 35:25,35; Ex 36:8,35,37; Ex 38:23; Ex 39:2,5,8,24,27-29; 2Ch 2:13-14; 2Ch 3:14; Isa 19:9

Regulations for wearing linen

Dt 22:11

Linen as merchandise

Eze 27:16 See also Pr 31:24; Rev 18:12

Contaminated linen

Lev 13:47-48,52,59

Linen used as grave clothes

Mt 27:59 pp Mk 15:46 pp Lk 23:53 pp Jn 19:40 See also Lk 24:12; Jn 11:44; Jn 20:5-7

See also

4444flax
5145clothing
5241burial
5551spinning & weaving
5587trade
7412priesthood
7459tabernacle, in OT

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