Dress
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Of fig leaves
Gen 3:7
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:7 -
Of skins
Gen 3:21
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:21 - Of other materials
- See Hair
- See Goats’ Hair
- See Leather
- See Linen
- See Sackcloth
- See Silk
- See Wool
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Mixed materials in, forbidden
Deut 22:11
11 Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
Deuteronomy 22:11 -
Men forbidden to wear women’s, and women forbidden to wear men’s
Deut 22:5
5 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.
Deuteronomy 22:5 -
Rules with respect to women’s
1 Tim 2:9, 10; 1 Pet 3:3
9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Timothy 2:910 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
1 Timothy 2:103 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
1 Peter 3:3 -
Not to be held overnight as a pledge for debt
Ex 22:26
26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Exodus 22:26 -
Ceremonial purification of
Lev 11:32; 13:47–59; Num 31:20
32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
Leviticus 11:3247 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment; 48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woollen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; 49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: 51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; 54 Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: 55 And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: …
Leviticus 13:47 …20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Numbers 31:20 - The ripping of
- See Mourning
- Of the head
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Bonnets (R. V., head-tires), prescribed by Moses, for the priests
Ex 28:40; 29:9; 39:28
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.
Exodus 28:409 And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Exodus 29:928 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
Exodus 39:28 -
By Ezekiel
Ezek 44:18
18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
Ezekiel 44:18 -
Hats (turbans, R. V. margin), worn by men
Dan 3:21
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:21 -
Bonnets (R. V., head-tires), worn by women
Isa 3:20; Ezek 24:17, 23
20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
Isaiah 3:2017 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
Ezekiel 24:1723 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
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Hoods (turban, R. V.)
Isa 3:23
23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails.
Isaiah 3:23 -
Kerchiefs
Ezek 13:18, 21
18 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Ezekiel 13:1821 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel 13:21 - Various articles of
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Mantle
Ezra 9:3; 1 Kgs 19:13; 1 Chr 15:27; Job 1:20
3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Ezra 9:313 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
1 Kings 19:1327 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.
1 Chronicles 15:2720 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Job 1:20 -
Many-colored
2 Sam 13:18
18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
2 Samuel 13:18 - Purple John 19:2, 5
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Robe
Ex 28:4; 1 Sam 18:4
4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus 28:44 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1 Samuel 18:4 -
Shawls
Isa 3:22
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
Isaiah 3:22 -
Embroidered coat
Ex 28:4, 40; 1 Sam 2:19; Dan 3:21
4 And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus 28:440 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.
Exodus 28:4019 Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
1 Samuel 2:1921 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:21 -
Sleeveless shirt, called coat
Matt 5:40; Luke 6:29; John 19:23; Acts 9:39
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
Matthew 5:4029 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Luke 6:2923 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
John 19:2339 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
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Cloak
2 Tim 4:13; John 19:2, 5
13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
2 Timothy 4:132 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
John 19:25 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
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Hosen
Dan 3:21
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:21 -
Skirts
Ezek 5:3
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
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Mufflers
Isa 3:19
19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
Isaiah 3:19 -
Wimples (satchels, R. V.)
Isa 3:22
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins,
Isaiah 3:22 -
Sashes (R. V.)
Isa 3:20
20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
Isaiah 3:20 - See Vail
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Changes of clothes, the folly of excessive
Job 27:16
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Job 27:16 -
Uniform vestments kept in store for worshipers of Baal
2 Kgs 10:22, 23; Zeph 1:8
22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
2 Kings 10:2223 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
2 Kings 10:238 And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD'S sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel.
Zephaniah 1:8 -
For wedding feasts
Matt 22:11
11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
Matthew 22:11 -
Presents made of changes of clothes
Gen 45:22; 1 Sam 18:4; 2 Kgs 5:5; Esth 6:8; Dan 5:7
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
Genesis 45:224 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
1 Samuel 18:45 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
2 Kings 5:58 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
Esther 6:87 The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel 5:7 - Vestments of priests
- See Priest
- Of mourning
- See Mourning
- Figurative
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Filthy, of unrighteousness
Isa 64:6
6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah 64:6 - Of righteousness and of iniquity
- See Color, symbolism of
- Symbolical
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Filthy, of iniquity
Zech 3:3, 4
3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Zechariah 3:34 And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
Zechariah 3:4
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.