The rites and worship of the Jews . as byssus, the far-famed Oriental cotton, of the finest the choice of this material a sanitary reason is adduced inEzek. xliv. 17, 18 ; no wool shall come upon them, while theyminister in the gates of the inner court, and within ; . . they 1 It must, however, be noted that many able scholars are doubtfulwhether there may not be either lacuna or interpolations in the list. Chap. III.] THE PRIESTLY COSTUME. 51 shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth four distinctive priestly garments were*:— (1) Michnesayim, irepiaKeX^, trans
The rites and worship of the Jews . as byssus, the far-famed Oriental cotton, of the finest the choice of this material a sanitary reason is adduced inEzek. xliv. 17, 18 ; no wool shall come upon them, while theyminister in the gates of the inner court, and within ; . . they 1 It must, however, be noted that many able scholars are doubtfulwhether there may not be either lacuna or interpolations in the list. Chap. III.] THE PRIESTLY COSTUME. 51 shall not gird themselves with anything that causeth four distinctive priestly garments were*:— (1) Michnesayim, irepiaKeX^, translated in the , also bythe Revisers, breeches, garments reaching from the loins tothe thighs, of byssus. (2) Kutto/ieth, xtT^j a coat with sleeves, reaching to theankles, of byssus likewise. Whether this coat was embroidered,or cunningly woven, seems a matter of doubt. It was fastenedat the shoulders by strings. (3) Abnet, girdle, the work of an embroiderer. A com-mentator here reminds us that in antiquity the girdle was the. HIGH-PRIESTLY COSTUME. especial mark of rank; for the priest therefore it had a morethan common meaning. Josephus gives an elaborate descriptionof it, and says moreover that its length reached to the Rabbis made it much longer. We are told that, whileministering, this girdle was thrown over the left shoulder. (4) Migbaah, head-tire, or turban,, bonnet,, a conical head-covering, after the fashion of the priests of antiquity, made of byssus. These caps were rather flat, and were probably made of a twisted strip of cotton fitting some- 1 See Exod. xxxix. 27-29. 52 RITES AND WORSHIP OF THE JEWS. [Part I. what closely to the priests head. They covered, according toJosephus, rather more than half the head. In addition to these four priestly garments, the high priestpossessed four specially characteristic of his high functions. Onthe turban, presumably exactly like that of an ordinary priest,was bound a plate of gold, on which were engrave
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