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apron basically covers the front of the body like
a towel wrapped around the body. Well, Adam
and Eve made aprons focusing in on, obviously,
covering their private parts, and God says this is
not good enough. And we see people walking
around today who cover only certain parts of
their body, and they're 90% naked. We see this
today.
By the way, the Hebrew word for “coat” that
we read about in verse 21 is kethoneth, and it
implies a larger outer covering. It is more than
an apron, obviously, starting at the shoulder,
the base of the neck, and extending well below
the knees. In other words, it would cover the
shoulders, the chest, the loins, the thighs, and I
believe the legs as well. I’ll say something about
that in a moment.
We read about Peter in John 21, verse 7,
wearing two different layers of clothing. He
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