Isaiah 47:2,3 is the passage I use in my modesty belief to require not only the thigh but the WHOLE leg being covered, down to the ankles...
If you look that word up in strong you will see it means leg.. What is the leg? from the top of thigh to the bottom of ankle..
Which is why my wife threw out all her knee length skirts and replaced them with ankle length...
That my
Michael
P.S. In case anybody is wondering... Before last summer hit, I was reading that passage and was wondering.. Man to? So I threw out all my shorts and wear pants all year long. Now going through the second summer. It's not so bad... and my legs are no longer eaten up by bugs....
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Originally Posted by SRoper  Ex. 28:42:
"You shall make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked flesh. They shall reach from the hips to the thighs;"
Isa. 47:2,3:
"Take the millstones and grind flour, put off your veil, strip off your robe, uncover your legs, pass through the rivers. Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your disgrace shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one."
I have seen these verses used to require the covering of the thighs while in public. I'm curious if we can indeed infer anything like that. My initial reaction is that one runs into difficulty in using either of these passages to define some minimum standard of clothing, but I'd like to hear what others think. |