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Woolen Linen
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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shatnez . Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:11, "of divers sort," related to the Egyptian shoutnes . Such a wool-linen mixture prevailed among the Zabii, associated with idolatrous ceremonies; their priests wore it according to Maimonides. Hence its prohibition in Israel; compare the chemarim (the black attired idolatrous priests' ministers) and those "clothed with strange apparel" (Zephaniah 1:4; Zephaniah 1:8); contrast "the fine linen, clean and white, the righteousness of saints" (Revelation 19:8).
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Woolen Linen'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​w/woolen-linen.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Woolen Linen'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​w/woolen-linen.html. 1949.