Reference: Headdress
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The head was usually uncovered. In Le 10:6 the sense of "uncover (literally, "let loose") not your heads" is "let not your hair fall loosely from your head" as in mourning. When needful the head was covered with the mantle; the radid and tsaiph were so used, the veil also. In Job 29:14, "my judgment (justice) was as ... a diadem," translated "a turban," or head-dress of linen rolled around (tsaniph). It and the flowing outer "robe" characterize an oriental grandee or high priest (Zec 3:5). The tsaniyph) was worn also by an adorned lady (Isa 3:23, "hoods" or mitres), also by kings, Isa 62:3. The pe-eer was a holiday ornamental head-dress; (Isa 61:3) "beauty for ashes" (a play on similar sounds, pe-eer epher), to give them the ornamental headdress worn on joyous occasions (Eze 24:17) for the ashes cast on the head in mourning (2Sa 13:19).
The high priest's "mitre" was a twisted band of linen coiled into a cap, like a turban, with a plate or crown of gold in front,. Instead of this the ordinary priests wore "bonnets" (rather caps) "for glory and for beauty." In Isa 61:10, "as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments" (pe-eer), translated" with the priests' ornamental head-dress," appropriate to the "kingdom of priests," consecrated to offer spiritual sacrifices to God continually (Ex 19:6; Re 5:10; 20:6). The pe-eer refers especially to the jewels and ornaments with which the turban is decorated. In Eze 16:10 "I girded thee about with fine linen" may refer to the turban. In Eze 23:15 "exceeding in dyed attire," translated "redundant in dyed turbans," i.e. with ample dyed turbans; the Assyrians delighted in ample richly dyed headdresses anti robes. In Da 3:21 for" hats" translated "outer mantles."
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Ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy people.' These are the words which thou shalt say unto the children of Israel."
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and Ithamar his eldest sons, "Uncover not your head, neither rent your clothes; lest ye die and wrath come upon all the people. Let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, beweep the burning which the LORD hath burnt.
And Tamar put ashes on her head and rent her gay kirtle that was on her and put her hand on her head and so went, and as she went cried.
And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown.
That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.
And therefore I am joyful in the LORD, and my soul rejoiceth in my God. For he shall put upon me the garment of salvation, and cover me with the mantle of righteousness. He shall deck me like a bridegroom, and as a bride that hath her apparel upon her.
Thou shalt be a crown in the hand of the LORD, and a glorious garland in the hand of thy God.
I gave thee change of raiments; I made thee shoes of Taxus leather; I girded thee about with white silk; I clothed thee with kerchiefs;
with fair girdles about them, and goodly bonnets upon their heads, looking all like princes after the manner of the Babylonians and Chaldeans in their own land, where they be born,
Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
So these men were bound in their coats, hosen, shoes with their other garments, and cast into the hot burning oven.
He said moreover, 'Set a fair mitre upon his head; So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and put on clothes upon him, and the angel of the LORD stood there.
and hast made us unto our God, kings and priests and we shall reign on the earth."
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection. For on such shall the second death have no power, for they shall be the priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Smith
Head-dress.
The Hebrews do not appear to have regarded a covering for the head as an essential article of dress. Hats were unknown. The earliest notice we have of such a thing is in connection with the sacerdotal vestments.
The tsaniph (something like a turban) is noticed as being worn by nobles,
ladies,
and kings,
while the peer was an article of holiday dress,
Authorized Version "beauty;"
and was worn at weddings.
The ordinary head-dress of the Bedouin consists of the keffieh, a square handkerchief, generally of red and yellow cotton or cotton and silk, folded so that three of the corners hang down over the back and shoulders, leaving the face exposed, and bound round the head by a cord. It is not improbable that a similar covering was used by the Hebrews on certain occasions. The Assyrian head-dress is described in
under the terms "exceeding in dyed attire." The word rendered "hats" in
properly applies to a cloak.
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And thou shalt make for Aaron's sons also coats, girdles and bonnets; honorable and glorious,
And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown.
That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.
And therefore I am joyful in the LORD, and my soul rejoiceth in my God. For he shall put upon me the garment of salvation, and cover me with the mantle of righteousness. He shall deck me like a bridegroom, and as a bride that hath her apparel upon her.
Thou shalt be a crown in the hand of the LORD, and a glorious garland in the hand of thy God.
with fair girdles about them, and goodly bonnets upon their heads, looking all like princes after the manner of the Babylonians and Chaldeans in their own land, where they be born,
Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another.
So these men were bound in their coats, hosen, shoes with their other garments, and cast into the hot burning oven.