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Vail or Veil.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

A covering for the head usually worn by women. Gen. 38:14¹⁴And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14).

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As a token of modesty. Gen. 24:65⁶⁵For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. (Genesis 24:65).

As a token of subjection. 1 Cor. 11:3, 6, 7, 10³But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. (1 Corinthians 11:3)
⁶For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. ⁷For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. (1 Corinthians 11:6‑7)
¹⁰For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. (1 Corinthians 11:10).

For concealment. Gen. 38:14¹⁴And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14).

The removing of, considered rude and insolent. SoS. 5:7.

Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women. Isa. 3:23²³The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. (Isaiah 3:23).

Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face. Ex. 34:33³³And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. (Exodus 34:33), with 2 Cor. 3:13¹³And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: (2 Corinthians 3:13).

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations. Isa. 25:7⁷And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. (Isaiah 25:7).

Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation. 2 Cor. 3:14-16¹⁴But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. ¹⁵But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. ¹⁶Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. (2 Corinthians 3:14‑16).

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