⁷你的篷帆 是用埃及 绣花细麻布 做的 ，可以做你的大旗；你的凉棚 是用以利沙 岛 的蓝色 、紫色 布做的。

⁷Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.^a

⁷ Verse 7. Fine linen] shesh, cotton cloth. In this sense the

word is generally to be understood.



To be thy sail] Probably the flag-ensign or pennant, is meant.



Blue and purple from the isles of Elishah] Elis, a part of the

Peloponnesus.