18. Turbans of flax] 𝔊 κιδάρεις λινᾶς. Ezekiel wore a turban, 24:17. In P a different word is used for the head-gear of ordinary priests, caps Ex. 28:40; 29:9; 39:28 (turbans of caps), Lev. 8:13.—loin-clothes of flax] or drawers, breeches EVV.; similarly in P, loin-cloths of linen (badh) Ex. 28:42; 39:28; Lev. 6:3; 16:4, 𝔊 περισκελῆ λινᾶ, as here; Jos. Ant. iii. 7, 1 διάζωμα.—they shall not gird themselves in or with sweat] The Hebr. is so much compressed that it does not make the exact meaning clear, but the RV. is probably right in translating ‘with anything that causeth sweat,’ such as a woollen garment. 𝔗 ‘they shall not bind themselves about their loins, but shall bind themselves about their hearts’; this is a paraphrase rather than a translation, but it may preserve a tradition on the subject of ceremonial girding. The Jewish interpreters quote an opinion, not found in the Mishnâ, which seems to go back to 𝔗, for it applies the rule to parts of the body; thus Rashi says, ‘the priests were not to gird themselves in the place which causes sweat, not as high as the armpits, nor as low as the loins,’ and Ḳimḥi adds, ‘at the height of the elbows’ i.e. in the middle of the body. Burney suggests that the ephod was supported by two shoulder-straps for the same reason, Judges 237 n. The entire verse, to judge from its explanatory character, its disconnected sentences and its poor style, is probably a later addition; it breaks the connexion between vv. 17 and 19 (He. Hö.)