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Hezekiah, clothed in śaq, spreads open the letter before the Lord.(Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.
The Jews visited Egypt in the Bible from the earliest patriarchs (beginning in Genesis 12:10–20), to the flight into Egypt by Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus (in Matthew 2:13–23). The most notable example is the long stay from Joseph's (son of Jacob) being sold into slavery in Genesis 29 , to the Exodus from Egypt in Exodus 14 , during ...
Like the cere cloth, they were made of heavy linen exactly the same size as the mensa of the altar. They acted as a cushion and, with the cere cloth, prevented the altar from being dented by heavy vases or communion vessels placed on top. Instead of two cloths, a single long cloth folded so that each half covered the whole mensa was acceptable.
The Sudarium of Oviedo, or Shroud of Oviedo, is a bloodstained piece of cloth measuring c. 84 x 53 cm (33 x 21 inches) kept in the Cámara Santa of the Cathedral of San Salvador, Oviedo, Spain. [1] The Sudarium ( Latin for sweat cloth ) is thought to be the cloth that was wrapped around the head of Jesus Christ after he died as described in ...
The Fall of Adam and Eve as depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In the biblical story of Adam and Eve, coats of skin (Hebrew: כתנות עור, romanized: kāṯənōṯ ‘ōr, sg. coat of skin) were the aprons provided to Adam and Eve by God when they fell from a state of innocent obedience under Him to a state of guilty disobedience.
Cushions, pillows, and tapestry with which the bare body does not touch do not come under the prohibition, [18] and lying on shatnez is technically permitted. However, classical rabbinical commentators feared that some part of a shatnez fabric might fold over and touch part of the body; hence, they went to the extreme of declaring that even if ...
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This Hebrew noun occurs 30 times in the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible (𝕸) and refers not only to the robe of the high priest but also any robe worn over a tunic by men of rank, such as the robe Jonathan gave to David, or his mantle which Job tore in desperation, and also the outer cloak of women, such as the robe worn by David's daughters.