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Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I'll look at it again, which I've done several times already, but it looks to me that he has changed the subject and moved on to another topic. So, right now, I'm not totally in agreement with you. And I am not arguing about this, just knocking around some ideas.

It is a change of subject, but the theme of offense carries on into the issue of custom.

I don't think I am saying, "required" as much as it was just done. Here we have women covering their faces and we have women who wore no veils at all:

"The veil was the distinctive female wearing apparel. All females, with the exception of maidservants and women in a low condition of life, wore a veil. They would usually never lay it aside, except when they were in the presence of servants, or on rare occasions. When traveling, women may throw the veil over the back part of their head, but if they see a man approaching, they place it back on it's original position. Thus Rebekah, when she saw Issac approaching her camel caravan, covered her face with her veil (Gen. 24:64-65). When women are at home they do not speak to a guest without being veiled and in the presence of maids. They do no enter the guest's chamber, but rather, standing at the door, they make it known to the servant what is wanted (See II Kings 4:12-13). It is well to remember that prostitutes went unveiled. When a woman kept her veil down, it was forbidden for anyone to lift it, but she was free to do so if she chose." Manners and Customs of Bible Lands

Why does the bias always have to be interjected here? It's just a word being defined. And, logically, it's two tools being used. Blade shears or scissors don't take off all of the wool from a sheep. That's a little different than what a razor can do.

The difference is plain but the conclusion is the same. To remove ALL hair or as much as possible. It's just the definition. BIAS is mentioned because in light of the definition that is all that can account for a variance.