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a holy linen coat he putteth on, and linen trousers are on his flesh, and with a linen girdle he girdeth himself, and with a linen mitre he wrappeth himself up; they <FI>are<Fi> holy garments; and he hath bathed with water his flesh, and hath put them on.

`And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs;

that the priest hath put on his long robe of fine linen, and his fine linen trousers he doth put on his flesh, and hath lifted up the ashes which the fire consumeth with the burnt-offering on the altar, and hath put them near the altar;

And it hath come to pass, in their going in unto the gates of the inner court, linen garments they put on; and no wool cometh up on them in their ministering in the gates of the inner court and within. — read the full passage →

`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> any one doing these.

at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, `Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot. — read the full passage →

`And make thou for them linen trousers to cover the naked flesh: they are from the loins even unto the thighs; — read the full passage →

`lo, I do come as a thief; happy <FI>is<Fi> he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Linen bonnets are on their head, and linen trousers are on their loins, they are not restrained with sweat.

and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin; — read the full passage →

at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, `Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:'

That disciple, therefore, whom Jesus was loving saith to Peter, `The Lord it is!' Simon Peter, therefore, having heard that it is the Lord, did gird on the outer coat, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea;

I greatly rejoice in Jehovah, Joy doth my soul in my God, For He clothed me with garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness covereth Me, As a bridegroom prepareth ornaments, And as a bride putteth on her jewels.

neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.

And Samuel is ministering <FI>in<Fi> the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt <FI>with<Fi> an ephod of linen;

and the mitre of linen, and the beautiful bonnets of linen, and the linen trousers, of twined linen,

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:' — read the full passage →

at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, `Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about <FI>his<Fi> naked body, and the young men lay hold on him, — read the full passage →

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments,

so many things did ye suffer in vain! if, indeed, even in vain.

and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

`Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, and what ye may drink, nor for your body, what ye may put on. Is not the life more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing?

And it hath come to pass, in their going in unto the gates of the inner court, linen garments they put on; and no wool cometh up on them in their ministering in the gates of the inner court and within. — read the full passage →

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

which He announced before through His prophets in holy writings--

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

He who is overcoming--this one--shall be arrayed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the scroll of the life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before His messengers.

become watching, and strengthen the rest of the things that are about to die, for I have not found thy works fulfilled before God.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

by faith a better sacrifice did Abel offer to God than Cain, through which he was testified to be righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it, he being dead, doth yet speak.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

for nothing did we bring into the world--<FI> it is<Fi> manifest that we are able to carry nothing out; — read the full passage →

and those having believing masters, let them not slight <FI>them<Fi> , because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering, — read the full passage →

honour thy father and mother,

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

for we also who are in the tabernacle do groan, being burdened, seeing we wish not to unclothe ourselves, but to clothe ourselves, that the mortal may be swallowed up of the life.

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ. — read the full passage →

For Christ is an end of law for righteousness to every one who is believing,

for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

having made also three months' <FI>stay<Fi> --a counsel of the Jews having been against him--being about to set forth to Syria, there came <FI>to him<Fi> a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; — read the full passage →

and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats--let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals--in like manner let him do.'

And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar--Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene-- — read the full passage →

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

whenever, therefore, thou mayest do kindness, thou mayest not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory from men; verily I say to you--they have their reward!

This evil people, who refuse to hear My words, Who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, And go after other gods to serve them, And to bow themselves to them, Yea it is--as this girdle, that is not profitable for anything.

To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners.

Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, `Look not unto his appearance, and unto the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for <FI>it is<Fi> not as man seeth--for man looketh at the eyes, and Jehovah looketh at the heart.'

And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them.

and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they <FI>are<Fi> naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world--our faith;

but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'

Thus said Jehovah unto me, `Go, and thou hast got for thee a girdle of linen, and hast placed it on thy loins, and into water thou dost not cause it to enter:' — read the full passage →

And the armies in the heaven were following him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen--white and pure;

Wherefore having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, hope perfectly upon the grace that is being brought to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment,

`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any, — read the full passage →

`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not--the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments, — read the full passage →

`And no one doth put a patch of undressed cloth on an old garment, for its filling up doth take from the garment, and a worse rent is made.

Then these men have been bound in their coats, their tunics, and their turbans, and their clothing, and have been cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

And I clothe thee with embroidery, And I shoe thee with badger's skin, And I gird thee with fine linen, And I cover thee with figured silk.

And Rabshakeh saith, `Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men--those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?'

Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant.

Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple <FI>are<Fi> her clothing.

Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.

And Samuel is ministering <FI>in<Fi> the presence of Jehovah, a youth girt <FI>with<Fi> an ephod of linen; — read the full passage →

John to the seven assemblies that <FI>are<Fi> in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,

For, as the girdle cleaveth unto the loins of a man, So I caused to cleave unto Me The whole house of Israel, And the whole house of Judah, an affirmation of Jehovah, To be to Me for a people, and for a name, And for praise, and for beauty, And they have not hearkened.

`Take the girdle that thou hast got, that <FI>is<Fi> on thy loins, and rise, go to Phrat, and hide it there in a hole of the rock;

The end of the whole matter let us hear: --`Fear God, and keep His commands, for this <FI>is<Fi> the whole of man.

Remember also thy Creators in days of thy youth, While that the evil days come not, Nor the years have arrived, that thou sayest, `I have no pleasure in them.' — read the full passage →

The grace <FI>is<Fi> false, and the beauty <FI>is<Fi> vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.