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Matthew Poole and continuators on Deuteronomy 22:5

Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Browse this work.

Deuteronomy22:5

5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a womans garment : for all that do so, are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

To wit, ordinarily or unnecessarily, for in some cases this may be lawful, as to make an escape for ones life. Now this is forbidden, partly for decency sake, that men might not confound, nor seem to confound those [illegible: 1 word] which God hath distinguished, that all appearance of evil might be avoided, such change of garments carrying a manifest umbrage or sign of softness and effeminacy in the man, of arrogance and impudency in the woman, of lightness and petulancy in both; and partly to cut off all suspicions and occasions of evil, which this practice opens a wide door unto.

Matthew Poole and continuators, Annotations upon the Holy Bible, Deuteronomy 22:5. Public domain.

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