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Glorious Adornment: The Social Function Of Cloth And Clothing In Israel's Tabernacle, Selena Billington
Glorious Adornment: The Social Function Of Cloth And Clothing In Israel's Tabernacle, Selena Billington
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In the tabernacle narratives of Exodus, the LORD instructs the Israelites to build a tabernacle and to make special garments in which to consecrate Aaron (proto-type high priest) and his sons (proto-type priests). The garments are to be for Aaron's and his sons' "glorious adornment." Detailed descriptions of the special garments are provided, and the description shares much in common with the descriptions of the cloths which comprise the tabernacle complex. What is there about the unique clothing of Aaron and the cloth of the tabernacle that causes Aaron and the tabernacle to be glorified? What is being said about …