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

People dressed in linen

Linen clothing

Judges 14:12-13 See also Jeremiah 13:1; Hosea 2:5,9; Mark 14:51

It expresssed prosperity

Genesis 41:42 See also Esther 8:15; Isaiah 3:23; Ezekiel 16:10,13; Luke 16:19; Revelation 18:16; Revelation 19:8

It was worn by priests

Leviticus 16:23 See also Exodus 28:39,42; Leviticus 6:10; Leviticus 16:4,32; 1 Samuel 2:18; Samuel 22:18; 2 Samuel 6:14; 1 Chronicles 15:27; 2 Chronicles 5:12; Ezekiel 44:17-18

It was worn by angelic visitors

Revelation 15:6 See also Ezekiel 9:2-3,11; Ezekiel 10:2,6-7; Ezekiel 40:3; Daniel 10:5; Daniel 12:6-7; Revelation 19:8,14

Linen as an offering

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

Linen used to make things

In the tabernacle

Exodus 26:1 See also Exodus 26:31,36; Exodus 27:9,16,18; Exodus 28:5,8,15; Exodus 38:9,16,18

Other products

Proverbs 31:22 See also Esther 1:6; Proverbs 7:16; Ezekiel 27:7

People skilled in working with linen

1 Chronicles 4:21 See also Exodus 35:25,35; Exodus 36:8,35,37; Exodus 38:23; Exodus 39:2,5,8,24,27-29; 2 Chronicles 2:13-14; Corinthians 3:14; Isaiah 19:9

Regulations for wearing linen

Deuteronomy 22:11

Linen as merchandise

Ezekiel 27:16 See also Proverbs 31:24; Revelation 18:12

Contaminated linen

Leviticus 13:47-48,52,59

Linen used as grave clothes

Matthew 27:59 pp Mark 15:46 pp Luke 23:53 pp John 19:40 See also Luke 24:12; John 11:44; John 20:5-7

See also

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