Exodus 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. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy
brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and
sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office. 42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches to
cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach:
43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and
upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or
when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that
they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him
and his seed after him.
One of the most interesting things about this passage is found in
verse 42. Fundamentalists in America make a big deal about women not wearing
slacks, pants, or trousers. They refer to them as the Biblical breeches. The problem with that is that breeches are underwear that go from the loins to the thighs.
Loins and thighs are
references to the parts of the body that contains the reproductive organs and
organs of waste elimination. On the outside of the body it is the area where a
sword or dagger is hung.
Genesis 35:11 And God said
unto him, I am God Almighty: be
fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and
kings shall come out of thy loins
Song of Solomon 7:1 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.
Judges 3:16 But Ehud made
him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under
his raiment upon his right thigh.
Pants wearing didn’t become common in Europe until the 8th
century AD, after the fall of the western Roman Empire.[1] The
first recorded wearing of pants was for the horse-riding Scythians of the 8th
century BC. The Romans regarded wearing pants as a sign of being barbarians due
to the horse-riding hordes that constantly threatened the empire. How people
have twisted the Bible when they have an agenda to push is amazing. The God of
the Bible values modesty and this was a very clear command and a warning but
twisting the Bible to suit a social agenda is not acceptable.
[1]
LiveScience, “Explained: Why We Wear Pants,” July 16,
2012. https://www.livescience.com/34077-wearing-pants-horse-riding.html
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