Fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was that which covered you.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Linen. Cotton, (Exodus xxv. 4.) used for standards. Septuagint, "for bed coverlets "or for sails. Mast. Cleopatra and Caligula were still more sumptuous in their sails. Elisa, or Elis, famous for purple: yet Tyre was more so.

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