Tents

Origin and antiquity of — Ge 4:20.

Called

Tabernacles. — Nu 24:5; Job 12:6; Heb 11:9.

Curtains. — Isa 54:2; Heb 3:7.

Were spread out — Isa 40:22.

Fastened by cords to stakes or nails — Isa 54:2; Jer 10:20; Jdj 4:21.

Were used by

Patriarchs. — Ge 13:5; 25:27; Heb 11:9.

Israel in the desert. — Ex 33:8; Nu 24:2.

The people of Israel in all their wars. — 1Sa 4:3,10; 29:1; 1Ki 16:16.

The Rechabites. — Jer 35:7,10.

The Arabs. — Isa 13:20.

Shepherds while tending their flocks. — Song 1:8; Isa 38:12.

All eastern nations. — Jdj 6:5; 1Sa 17:4; 2Ki 7:7; 1Ch 5:10.

Separate, for females of the family — Ge 24:67.

Separate, for the servants — Ge 31:33.

Were pitched

With order and regularity. — Nu 1:52.

In the neighbourhood of wells, &c. — Ge 13:10,12; 26:17,18; 1Sa 29:1.

Under trees. — Ge 18:1,4; Jdj 4:5.

On the tops of houses. — 2Sa 16:22.

Sending persons to seek a convenient place for, alluded to — De 1:33.

Ease and rapidity of their removal, alluded to — Isa 38:12.

Of the Jews contrasted with those of the Arabs — Nu 24:5; Song 1:5.

Custom of sitting and standing at the door of — Ge 18:1; Jdj 4:20.

Illustrative

(Spread out,) of the heavens. — Isa 40:22.

(Enlarging of,) of the great extension of the Church. — Isa 54:2.