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Kerchief

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878)

"Woe to the women that make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature (men of every age) to hunt souls" (to make them their prey); Eze 13:18. Magic veils, put over the heads of those consulting them, to fit them for receiving a response, rapt in spiritual trance above the world.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915)

kēr´chif (מספּהות, miṣpāḥōth; έπιβόλαια, epibólaia): Occurs only in Eze 13:18, Eze 13:21, in a passage which refers to some species of divination. Their exact shape or use is unknown. They were apparently long veils or coverings put over the heads of those consulting the false prophetesses and reaching down to the feet, for they were for “persons of every stature.”

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