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Vail

1. Hangings used in the tabernacle to separate the Holy of Holies (the Most Holy Place) from the Holy Place

• Called the second veil
• —Heb 6:19; 9:3
• Ordinances prescribing
• —Ex 26:31-33
• Made by Bezaleel and Aholiab
• —Ex 36:35,36
• See
• VEIL

2. A covering for the ark of the covenant—Ex 35:12; 39:34; 40:21; Nu 4:5

3. Of the temple—2Ch 3:14

• Torn from the top to the bottom at the time of the
• crucifixion of Jesus—Mt 27:51; Mr 15:38; Lu 23:45

FIGURATIVE—Heb 10:20