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Linen
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Linen. Cloth made from flax. Several different Hebrew words are rendered linen, which may denote different fabrics of linen or different modes of manufacture. Egypt was the great centre of the linen trade. Some linen, made from the Egyptian byssus, a flax that grew on the banks of the Nile, was exceedingly soft and of dazzling whiteness. This linen has been sold for twice its weight in gold. Sir J.G. Wilkinson says of it, "The quality of the fine linen fully justifies all the praises of antiquity, and excites equal admiration at the present day, being to the touch comparable to silk, and not inferior in texture to our finest cambric."
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Linen'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/l/linen.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Linen'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/l/linen.html. 1901.
