Origin and Antiquity Of Genesis 4:20

Called

Tabernacles Numbers 24:5, Job 12:6, Hebrews 11:9

Curtains Isaiah 54:2, Hebrews 3:7

Were Spread Out Isaiah 40:22

Fastened by Cords to Stakes or Nails Isaiah 54:2, Jeremiah 10:20, Judges 4:21

Were Used By

Patriarchs Genesis 13:5, 25:27, Hebrews 11:9

Israel in the desert Exodus 33:8, Numbers 24:2

The people of Israel in all their wars 1 Samuel 4:3, 10, 29:1, 1 Kings 16:16

The Rechabites Jeremiah 35:7, 10

The Arabs Isaiah 13:20

Shepherds while tending their flocks Song of Solomon 1:8, Isaiah 38:12

All eastern nations Judges 6:5, 1 Samuel 17:4, 2 Kings 7:7, 1 Chronicles 5:10

Separate, for Females of the Family Genesis 24:67

Separate, for the Servants Genesis 31:33

Were Pitched

With order and regularity Numbers 1:52

In the neighbourhood of wells, &c Genesis 13:10, 12, 26:17, 18, 1 Samuel 29:1

Under trees Genesis 18:1, 4, Judges 4:5

On the tops of houses 2 Samuel 16:22

Sending persons to seek a convenient place for, alluded to Deuteronomy 1:33

Ease and Rapidity of Their Removal, Alluded To Isaiah 38:12

Of the Jews Contrasted with Those of the Arabs Numbers 24:5, Song of Solomon 1:5

Custom of Sitting and Standing at the Door Of Genesis 18:1, Judges 4:20

Illustrative

(Spread out,) of the heavens Isaiah 40:22

(Enlarging of,) of the great extension of the Church Isaiah 54:2