In the wilderness, the Hebrews practised it (Ex. 26:1, 8, 28:4, 39; Lev. 13:47). It is referred to in subsequent times as specially the women's work (2 Ki. 23:7; Pr. 31:13, 24). No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "shuttle" (Job 7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judg. 16:14), "the web" (16:13,14), and "the beam" (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 21:19). The rendering, "with pining sickness," in Isa. 38:12 (A.V.) should be, as in the Revised Version, "from the loom," or, as in the margin, "from the thrum." We read also of the "warp" and "woof" (Lev. 13:48,49, 51-53, 58,59), but the Revised Version margin has, instead of "warp," "woven or knitted stuff."