(Veil, curtain)
1. Hangings used in the tabernacle to separate the Holy of Holies (the Most Holy Place) from the Holy Place
Called the second veil
Ordinances prescribing
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. (Exodus 26:31-3331And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: 32And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 33And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. (Exodus 26:31‑33))
Made by Bezaleel and Aholiab
See VEIL
2. A covering for the ark of the covenant
3. Of the temple
Torn from the top to the bottom at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus
FIGURATIVE