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Porpoise

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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pôr´pus (the Revised Version margin has "porpoise-skin" for תּחשׁ עור , ‛ōr taḥash , the Revised Version (British and American) "sealskin," the King James Version "badgers' skins" ( Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14; Exodus 35:7 , Exodus 35:23; Exodus 36:19; Exodus 39:34; Numbers 4:6 , Numbers 4:8 , Numbers 4:10 , Numbers 4:11 , Numbers 4:12 , Numbers 4:14 , Numbers 4:25; Ezekiel 16:10 )): The word denotes leather used in the furnishings of the tabernacle (for shoes in Ezekiel 16:10 ), and was probably the skin of the dugong, Halichore dugong , Arabic tukhas , which is found in the Red Sea. See BADGER .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Porpoise'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​p/porpoise.html. 1915.
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