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Reuben Archer Torrey
A covering for the head usually worn by women.
Gen. 38:14
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And 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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WAS WORN
As a token of modesty.
Gen. 24:65
65
For 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)
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As a token of subjection.
1 Cor. 11:3, 6, 7, 10
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But 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)
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For 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.
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For 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)
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For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. (1 Corinthians 11:10)
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For concealment.
Gen. 38:14
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And 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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The removing of, considered rude and insolent. SoS. 5:7.
Removing of, threatened as a punishment to ungodly women.
Isa. 3:23
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The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. (Isaiah 3:23)
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Moses put one on to conceal the glory of his face.
Ex. 34:33
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And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. (Exodus 34:33)
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2 Cor. 3:13
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And 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)
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ILLUSTRATIVE
Of the spiritual blindness of the Gentile nations.
Isa. 25:7
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And 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)
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Of the spiritual blindness of the Jewish nation.
2 Cor. 3:14-16
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But 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.
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But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
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Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. (2 Corinthians 3:14‑16)
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