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 lewdDess 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 receive of you his standing

OTHER PORTIONS OF DRESS.

FOR HEAD.

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.

Lee. 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 case 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 Bady, HEAD and NECK.)

ARMHOLES.

Jer. xxxviii, 12.

melech the Ethiopian said unto And EbedJeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine arm-holes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

Ezek. xiii, 18. And say, Thus saith the Lord GoD, Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon souls! Will ye hunt the souls of the head of every stature, to hunt my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?

SHEETS IN MARGIN. SHIRTS.

Matth. iii, 4. And the same John and a leathern girdle about his had his raiment of camel's hair, loins. . . . . .

eth water into a bason, and began John xiii, 5. After that he pourto 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.

GIRDLE.

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 him. self: 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 chich covereth he is girded continually.

Isa. xi, 5. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, reins. and faithfulness the girdle of his

Isa. xxil, 21. And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his 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 there is none else, there is no God thou hast not known me. besides me: I girded thee, though

LORD unto me, Go and get thee a Jer. xiii, 1, 10. Thus saith the linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them; shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

say unto thee, When thou wast John xxi, 18. Verily, verily, I young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou

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 bocome old by reason of the very long journey.

Isa. xx, 2. At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Mark vi, 9. But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

Lake xxii. 35. And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

Acts xii, 8. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself and bind on thy sandals. And so he did.

P3. lx, 8. Moab is my wash-pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe. . . . . .

Neither shall

Isa. v, 27. the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.

For three transgressions of Israel, Amos ii, 6. Thus saith the LORD, 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, say ing, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of stoop down and unloose. whose shoes I am not worthy to

Luke xv, 22. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the 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 DRFSS.

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. xxxviil, 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 ruler in the kingdom. him, that he should be the third made a proclamation concerning

a

Ezek. xxiii, 42. And a voice of 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 thou here in a good place; and say clothing, and say unto him, Sit to the poor, Stand thou there, or 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 bands.

Judges vili, 24-26. And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would

give me every man the earrings Isa. Ixi, 10. I will greaty rejoice of his prey: (for they had golden in the LORD, my soul shall be joyearrings, because they were Ish-ful in my God; for he hath clothed maelites.) And they answered, me with the garments of salvaWe will willingly give them. And tion, he hath covered me with the they spread a garment, and did robe of righteousness, as a bridecast therein every man the ear- groom decketh himself with ornarings of his prey. And the weight ments, and as a bride adorneth of the golden earrings that he re- herself with her jewels. quested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

Jer. xiii, 11. For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel, and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD.

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P. xlv, 8, 13, 14. All thy garments Jer. iv, 30. And when thou art smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cas-spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though sia, out of the ivory palaces where-thou clothest thyself with crimson, by they have made thee glad. though thou deckest thee with orThe king's daughter is all glorious naments of gold, though thou rentwithin: her clothing is of wrought est thy face with painting, in vain gold. She shall be brought unto shalt thou make thyself fair, thy the king in raiment of needle-lovers will despise thee, they will work: the virgins her companions seck thy life that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

Çant. vii. 1. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince'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

daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts. In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers. The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the tablets, and the earrings. The rings, and nose jewels, The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping-pins. The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth, and burning instead of beaty.

their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

Lev. xiii, 45. And the leper, in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon clean, unclean. his upper lip, and shall cry, Un

Num. xiv, 6. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them their clothes. that searched the land, rent

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. 1, 11. Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

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 OFF IN TOKEN OF SORROW

AND MOURNING. Exod. xxxiii, 6. And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

Ezek. xxiii, 26. They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.

CLOTHES RENT IN TOKEN OF MOURNING,

Lev. x, 6. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes, lest ye die. . . . . . .

Jer. xxxvi, 24. Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

INSTANCES.

Gen. xxxvii, 29. And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.

Gen. xliv, 13. Then they 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 xvii, 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 Rabshakeb.

2 Kings xxii, 11. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

2 Chron. xxxiv, 19. And it came to pass, when the king had heard

the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

sacrifice I arose Ezra ix, 5. And at the evening heaviness; and, having rent my up from my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God.

Isa. xxxvi, 22. Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, to

and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Matth. xxvi, 65. Then the high

priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.

Acts xiv, 14. Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out.

Acts xvi, 22. And the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates rent off their

clothes, and commanded to beat

them

NOT ONLY WERE CLOTHES RENT, BUT SACKCLOTH WAS ALSO WORN, AND CLOTHES WERE COVERED WITH DUST.

gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. So Esther's maids and her

chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he re

ceived it not.

Job xvi, 15. I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled

my horn in the dust.

Ps. XXXV, 13. But as for me. when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

2 Sam. xv, 32. And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon

his head.

1 Kings xxi, 27. And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes. and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

2 Kings vi, 30. And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

2 Kings xix, 1, 2. And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes and covered

himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of

Amoz.

and went into the house of the

LORD. And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Sheb na the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with gackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

with sackcloth, lament and howl: Jer. iv, 8. For this gird you for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Jer. xlix, 3. Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ve daughters of Rabbali, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges.

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Lam. i, 10. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth; the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Ezek. xxvii, 30. And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads; they shall wallow themselves in the ashes.

Micah i, 10. Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Gen. xxxv, 2. Then Jacob said anto his household, and to all that tvere with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you,

and be clean, and change your garments.

Gen. xli, 14. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they dungeon: and he shaved himself, brought him hastily out of the and he changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

gave each man changes of raiGen. xlv, 22. To all of them he ent; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

2 Kings v, 5, 22. 23. 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. And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from of the sons of the prophets: give mount Ephraim two young men them, I pray thee, a talent of silAnd Naaman said, Be content, ver, and two changes of garments. take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silof garments, and laid them upon ver in two bags, with two changes them before him. two of his servants; and they bare

said unto Moses, Go unto the peo

Exod. xix, 10, 14. And the LORD

ple, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes. And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Lev. xiii, 6. And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.

Lev. xv, 5,8,11, 22. And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the