Ezekiel 16:10-11

     10. Ps 45:13, 14, similarly describes the Church (Israel, the appointed mother of Christendom) adorned as a bride (so Isa 61:10). It is Messiah who provides the wedding garment (Re 3:18; 19:8).

      badgers' skintahash; others translate, "seal skins." They formed the over-covering of the tabernacle, which was, as it were, the nuptial tent of God and Israel (Ex 26:14), and the material of the shoes worn by the Hebrews on festival days. (See on Ex 25:5).

      fine linen—used by the priests (Le 6:10); emblem of purity.

     11. The marriage gifts to Rebekah (Ge 24:22, 47).

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