A FINER TEXTURE, WORN Exod. xxviii, 5, 6. And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. Exod. xxxv, 25. And all the wo men that were wise-hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. Josh. vii, 21. When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight,then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 1 Chron. iv, 21. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wronght fine linen, of the house of Ashbea. 1 Chron. xv, 27. And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. Esther viii, 15. And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple. . . Prov. xxxl, 24. She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. Isa. iii, 23. The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. Ezek. xvi, 13, 18. .ment was of fine linen, and silk, Thyra and broidered work..... And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. Matth. xi, 8. But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in Zech. xiii, 4. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath pro-will sue thee at the law, and take Matth. v, 40. And if any man phesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive. away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. John had his raiment of camel's his loins.... SPECIAL DRESSES. Gen. xxxviii, 19. And she arose, and went away,and laid by her vail from her, and put on the ments of her widowhood. journey, neither two coats, neither Matth. x, 10. Nor scrip for your shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. Luke iii, 11. He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath gar-meat, let him do likewise. Luke vi, 29. . And him not to take thy coat also. that taketh away thy cloke forbid 2 Kings xxv, 27, 29. Jer. ii, 32. Can a maid forget her the king came in to see the guests, Luke 11, 7. And she brought Luke xxiv, 12. Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. Acts xii, 21. And upon a set JEWISH CLOTHING CON- .... Now the John xix, 23. coat [of Jesus] was without seam, woven from the top throughout. John xxi, 7. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now, when Simon Peter heard that it and did cast himself into the sea. was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and went with them. When he Acts ix, 39. Then Peter arose, the upper chamber: and all the was come, they brought him into widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them. Exod. xxii. 26. If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down. Num. xv, 38-40. Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of 1 Sam. ii, 19. Moreover, his the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a tringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the command ments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart, and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whor ing: That ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. Deut. xxil, 5, 12. The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. 1 Kings xi, 29. And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the THIS UPPER ROBE, HE WAS prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment: and they two were alone in the field. Job xxiv, 7. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Prov. xxv, 20. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre; so is he that singéth songs to an heavy heart. Micah i, 8. Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the gar: ment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. Matth. ix, 20. And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment. Matth. xxi. 8. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way..... Matth. xxiii, 5. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments. Mark xiii. 16. And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. John xiii, 4. He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel and girded himself. Acts xii, 8. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals: and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. 2 Tim. iv, 13. The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. SAID TO BE NAKED. Exod. xxxii, 25. And Moses saw that the people were naked, (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies.) 1 Sam. xix, 24. And he [Saul] stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day, and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 2 Sam. vi, 20-22. Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to - day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own siglt: and of the maldservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in our. [prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. Rev. xvi, 15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watch eth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. REAL NAKEDNESS Gen. ix, 22. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. Exod. xx, 26. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Hab. ii, 15. Woe unto him that puttest thy bottle to him, and giveth his neighbour drink, that makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! MANY MARKED ALLUSIONS TO IT. Isa. xlvii, 1. Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground; there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Isa. xlvii, 3. Thy nakedness shame shall be seen: I will take shall be uncovered, yea, thy vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. Jer. xiii, 26. Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. Jer. xlix, 10. But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. Lam. i, 8. 9. Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness; yea, she hon-sigheth, and turneth backward. Job xxii, 6. For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Lam. iv, 21. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup also shall pass through unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. John xxi. 7. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, le girt his fisher's coat unto him, for he was naked. Acts xix, 16. And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself. Ezek. xvi, 22, 36, 37. And in all abominations and thy thine whoredoms tho hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. Thus saith the Lord GoD, Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. Ezek. xxiii, 9, 10, 18, 27-29. Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. These discovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt; so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. For thus saith the Lord Gon, Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. Hosea ii, 3, 10. Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born. And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. Micah i, 11. Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel; he shall OTHER PORTIONS OF DRESS. Exod. xxviii, 40. And for Aaron's sons, thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. Lev. viii, 13. And Moses brought Aaron's sons and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. Ezek. xxiii, 42. And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. (See Body, HEAD and NECK.) ARMHOLES. Ezek. xiii, 18. And say, SHEETS IN MARGIN. Matth. 11, 4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins...... John xiii, 5. After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was' girded. Acts xxi, 11. And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's and feet, and said, Thus saith the girdle, and bound his own hands Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. 2 Sam. xxii, 40. For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. said unto them, I will now put GIRDLE. Exod. xxxix, 29. And a girdle of fine twined-linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. Lev. viii, 7. And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. of kings, and girdeth their loins Job xii, 18. He looseth the bond with a girdle. Ps. lxv, 6. Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power. Ps. xciii, 1. The LORD reigneth; he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Ps. cix, 19. Let it be unto him him, and for a girdle wherewith as the garment which covereth he is girded continually. Isa. xi, 5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his 1 Sam. ii, 18. But Samuel min-reins. unto the man that told him, And, ed him, He was an hairy man, her loins girdles upon their loins, exceeding Isa. xxii, 21. And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen commit thy government into his him with thy girdle, and I will hand; and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. Isa. xlv, 5. I am the LORD, and LORD unto me, Go and get thee a say unto thee, When thou wast Amos ii, 6. Thus saith the LORD, 1 Peter 1, 13. Wherefore gird up For three transgressions of Israel, the loins of your mind. ..... BREECHES, (See under PRIESTS.) SHOES AND SANDALS. Exod. iii, 5. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. Exod. xii, 11. And thus shall ye eat it, with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet. . . . .... Deut. xxix, 5. And I have led yon forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. Deut. xxxiii, 25. Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. Josh. v, 15. And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place wheron thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. Josh. ix, 13.. These our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. Matth. iii, 11. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear..... Mark 1, 7. And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. to his servants, Bring forth the Luke xv, 22. But the father said best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. VAIL, A LARGE AND SPECIAL PART OF FEMALE DRISS. Gen. xxiv, 65. For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. Gen. xxxviii, 14. And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. Ruth iii, 15. Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; and she went into the city. Cant. v, 7. The keepers of the walls took away my vail from me. VARIOUS CLASSES OF SOCIETY DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR DRESS. Cant. v, 14. His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl; his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. Dan. v, 29. Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and him, that he should be the third made a proclamation concerning ruler in the kingdom. Ezek. xxiii, 42. And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. James ii, 2, 3. For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay to the poor, Stand thou there, or thou here in a good place; and say clothing, and say unto him, Sit sit here under my footstool. DRESS, ORNAMENT, AND PERFUME, ESPECIALLY OF FEMALES. and said, Whose daughter art Gen. xxiv, 47. And I asked her, thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. Judges viii, 24-26. And Gideon said, unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey: (for they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that ivas on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. Isa. Ixl, 10. I will greaty rejoice | cleaveth to the loins of a man, so ...... Jer. iv, 30. And when thou art cas-spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life Ps. xlv, 8, 13, 14. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and sia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made thee glad. The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. Prov. xxxi, 21, 25. She is not afraid of the snow for her house hold: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. Cant. i, 10, 11. Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. will make thee borders of gold, with studs of silver. We Çant. vii. 1. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O priuce's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Isa. iii, 16-24. Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the Ezek. xvi,11,12. I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. Matt. xxvi, 7. There came unto him a woman having an alabasterbox of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. Rev. xviii, 16. And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! DRESS AND ORNAMENT PUT AND MOURNING. Ezek. xxiii, 26. They shall also CLOTHES RENT IN TOKEN daughters of Zion, and the Lord not afraid, nor rent their gar- INSTANCES. their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. whom the plague is, his clothes Lev. xiii, 45. And the leper, in shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Un clean, unclean. Jephunneh, which were of them Num. xiv,6. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of that searched the land, rent their clothes. 1 Sam. iv, 12. And there ran a and came to Shiloh the same day, man of Benjamin out of the army, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 2 Sam. i, 11. Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him. 2 Sam. xiii, 30, 31. And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 2 Kings ii, 12. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 2 Kings xi, 14. And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the king, and all the people of the land princes and the trumpeters by the rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason! 2 Kings xviii, 37. Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. 2 Kings xxii, 11. And it came to words of the book of the law, that pass, when the king had heard the he rent his clothes. to pass, when the king had heard sacrifice I arose Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that |