18They 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.
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Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. …
He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
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. …
Let all things be done decently and in order.
And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-31)God’s priests must be regulars , not seculars ; and therefore here are rules laid down for them to govern themselves by and due encouragement given them to live up to those rules. Directions are here given, I. Concerning their clothes; they must wear linen garments when they went in to minister or do any service in the inner court, or in the sanctuary, and nothing that was woollen , because it wou…
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