Vail or Veil
5 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
A Covering for the Head Usually Worn by Women
- Genesis 38:14 she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
Moses Put One on to Conceal the Glory of his Face
- Exodus 34:33 When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
- 2 Corinthians 3:13 We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.
Removing of, Threatened As a Punishment to Ungodly Women
- Isaiah 3:23 and their mirrors, linen garments, tiaras, and shawls.
The Removing of, Considered Rude and Insolent
- Song of Solomon 5:7 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
Related topics
VailVail or Veil was WornVail or Veil of the Spiritual Blindness of the Gentile NationsVail or Veil of the Spiritual Blindness of the Jewish NationVail or Veil was Worn for ConcealmentVeil
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.