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A woven material from which garments or coverings were made. Different kinds of material are associated with different ranks and social positions.

Cloth for daily wear

Proverbs 31:22 See also Numbers 15:38; Judges 5:30; Judges 14:12; 2 Samuel 1:24; 1 Chronicles 15:27; Psalm 45:14; Ezekiel 16:10,13; Matthew 9:16; John 19:23; Acts 9:39

Cloth for general coverings

1 Samuel 21:9 See also 2 Samuel 17:19; Proverbs 7:16

Cloth for special uses

For religious garments

Exodus 28:6 See also Exodus 28:8,31,39,42; Exodus 35:19; Exodus 39:1,5,22,41

For the tabernacle

Exodus 26:1 See also Exodus 26:4; Exodus 36:8; 2 Chronicles 3:14

To cover religious objects

Numbers 4:5-13

Sackcloth as a sign of mourning

Genesis 37:34 See also 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 19:1; Nehemiah 9:1; Psalm 35:13; Isaiah 3:24; Jeremiah 4:8; Joel 1:13

For burials

Matthew 27:59 pp Mark 15:46 pp Luke 23:53 See also John 11:44; John 20:7

To wrap babies in

Ezekiel 16:4 See also Luke 2:7,12

Rules relating to cloth

Leviticus 13:47-49; Leviticus 19:19

See also

4693  wool
4807  colours
5145  clothing
5212  arts and crafts
5241  burial
5301  dyeing
5392  linen
5551  spinning & weaving
5578  tents
6742  sackcloth & ashes
7352  ephod
7459  tabernacle, in OT