7 x 13 cm.
Dark black or brown goat hair protect against dangerous ultraviolet
radiation. It is ideal for use i n a desert environment
(Song of Songs 1:5, Rev. 6:12). It expands when wet to make the
tent nearly waterproo f in the winter rains. It contracts when dry to leave
space for ciculating air in the hot summer. Looking up ward in the daylight
hours, one sees tens of
thousands of pin-prick spots of sunlight shining through like a starry
night sky. From this effect come poetic passages
omparing the night sky to tent which God has flung across the heavens
(Psalm 19:4, 104:2; Isa 40:22).
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