Hyke or Upper Garment
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897)
FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)
Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.
- Law respecting fringes of
- Used by the poor as a covering by night
- Burdens often bound up in
- The skirts of, used to hold things in
2Ki 4:39; Ne 5:13; Hag 2:12; Lu 6:38
- Probably used by women as a vail
- REQUIRED TO BE GIRT UP
. For running
. For labour
- Often laid aside
- The Jews said to be naked without
2Sa 6:20; Mr 14:51,52; Joh 21:7
- WAS THE GARMENT
. Rent in token of anger
. Rent in token of grief
. Of Samuel rent by Saul
. Of Saul which David cut
. Of Jeroboam rent by Ahijah
. Laid aside by Christ
. Spread before Christ by the Jews
- The Jews condemned for making broad the borders of