The Females Headcoverings Essays - 2075 Words

Genesis5 24:65 → Rebbecca covers herself with her veil/shawl6 when she sees her future husband for the first time. Genesis 38:14,19 → Tamar covered herself with a veil7 as part of her attire as a prostitute 8 Numbers 5:18 → The priest uncovers9 the head of a woman accused of adultery 10 Isaiah 3:20 and 3:23 → God removes various fashion accessories of prideful women11, 12, 13 Song of Solomon 5:7 → The wifes veil/shawl14 was taken by the city watchmen Song of Solomon 4:1,3 6:7 → The wifes temples and eyes are behind her veil15 Isaiah 47:2 → God shames the â€Å"daughter of Babylon† by removing her veil16 and skirt The Males Headcoverings . Exodus 28:4, 37, 39; 29:6; 39:2817 31; Leviticus 8:9, 16:4 → Part of the priests†¦show more content†¦Alan Ingalls of Baptist Bible Seminary summarizes the Old Testament passages:35 Men put on headcoverings as signs of humility or mourning. Women put on headcoverings as signs of dignity and modesty. Headcoverings In The New Testament 1st Corinthians 11:2-16 (NASB)36 (2) Now I praise you37 because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.38 (3) But39 I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. (4) Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying40 disgraces his head. (5) But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. (6) For41 if a woman does not cover her head,42 let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head.43 (7) For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. (8) For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man;44 (9) for indeed man was not created for the womans sake, but woman for the mans sake.45 (10) Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol46 of authority on her head, because of the angels. (11) However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man