Interesting. It appears that separation in dress is involved by commandment.
Zephaniah 1:8 "And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that
I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel." (KJV)
CEV translates "strange apparel" as "foreign customs". Footnote:
Zephaniah 1:8 follow foreign customs: Hebrew "wear foreign clothes."
Amplified Bible:
Zephaniah 1:8 And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice, I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who are clothed in [lavish] foreign apparel [instead of the Jewish dress, with its reminders to obey God's commandments].(A)
(A)
Numbers 15:38 "Speak to the Israelites and bid them make fringes or tassels on the corners in the borders of their garments
throughout their generations, and put upon the fringe of the borders or upon the tassel of each corner a cord of blue."
Numbers 15:39 "And it shall be to you a fringe or tassel
that you may look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, that you may not spy out and follow after [the desires of] your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to follow and play the harlot [spiritually, if not physically],"
Quote:
The law for fringes on garment.
The people are ordered by the Lord to make fringes on the borders of their garments. The Jews were distinguished from their neighbours in their dress, as well as in their diet, and thus taught not to be conformed to the way of the heathen in other things. They proclaimed themselves Jews wherever they were, as not ashamed of God and his law. The fringes were not appointed for trimming and adorning their clothes, but to stir up their minds by way of remembrance,
http://www.biblegateway.com/resource...ringes-Garment
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