Nakedness
What is it to be Biblically naked? This article is covering “what is physical nakedness?”. What clothing is modest? To wear or not to wear hats? To shave or not to shave? Or a better question is how unclothed can you be before you are considered naked? This is another controversial subject. Churches split up over this material. The idea of this article is to just present what is in the Bible, and you can take it before the LORD how you want to honor our LORD in your modest attire (1 Tim 2:9). There are all kinds of articles about the symbolism of nakedness. In fact, when Mt 25:42, 43 brings up feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and giving a drink to the thirsty, the subject is physical, but it is more likely a spiritual subject. So, people are starving spiritually and need the food of the Scripture/Word/Bread-from-Heaven to be feed. They are naked from sin and need to be clothed in the righteousness obtained by believing in YESHUA as LORD/GOD and SAVIOR. They are thirsty from the lack of knowing and being with GOD and are given the living water of the SPIRIT so they will never thirst.
So, how unclothed can you be before you are considered naked? Most articles go straight to Ex 28:42 and say you have to be covering your privates between the waist and thigh. Really? Ok, yes, this area obviously needs covered in public. But, most Believers know that even though a bikini covers the privates, it is lewd and not modest. I mean can you imagine the High Priest dressed in a bikini and walking into the Holy of Holies before the LORD without dying. No and no. Why could they not have steps up to the LORD’s “altar so that your nakedness will not be exposed” (Ex 20:26)? The altar being talked about in Ex 20:26 is not the 3 cubits tall (about 53″ to 62″) altar of Ex 26:1 [ref]. But, Ex 20:26 was talking about an altar of earth or stones (Ex 20:24, 25). We do not know how tall the altar would have been, but maybe the steps are referring to not using a ladder. They maybe only have a robe on at this point since they were slaves in Egypt and they just plundered the Egyptians (Ex 12:35, 36) [ref]. We find out later the priest is told to wear a hat/cap/turban, robe/tunic, sash/belt, and breeches/briefs/shorts to be a priest working in the service of the LORD without dying (Ex 28:40, 42, 43). The high priest had to wear more to enter into the presence of the LORD in the Holy of Holies (Ex 28:4). But, the high priest clothing was more layers and not really covering more skin [ref]. We find out from Jewish writings the breeches covered from above the belly button down to the knees [Klei Hamikdash 8:18]. All the tunics/robes in ancient times are shown covering the knees or below with Hebrew tunics/robes covering down to the ankles [ref]. I’m guessing the priests do not have to worry about the steps after getting the breeches since there were 15 steps just to get into the Temple [ref]. Some churches say women need to wear dresses and can not wear pants. My question would be if women are to wear dresses, why are the men to wear pants instead of a robe? Rev 7:9, 13 shows we will all be wearing robes in Heaven. (I wear pants, I’m not against pants completely.)
And, notice all the priests had hats/caps/turbans for their glory and beauty (Ex 28:2). Up until 100 years ago, hats where worn by about everyone [ref]. We can see this with the pictures taken during that time and before. People going without a hat is a new trend started within the last 100 years. So, minimum clothing seems to be shorts/briefs, a robe, a belt to hold the robe on, and a hat of some sort. But, we find according to the English translation of 1 Cor 11:4 that a man wearing something on his head is a disgrace during prayer. We know GOD does not change, so what is going on? I mean Lev 10:6 literally states for high priest not to uncover his head so he will not die. Yechezqel/Ezekiel was told not to remove his hat/turban in mourning (Ezk 24:17, 23). It seems 1 Cor 11:4 is the only verse stating not to wear a hat. So was it translated wrong? WhyAlive’s translation of 1 Cor 11:4: “Every man praying or prophesying, having/holding/possessing down-from/against/among (his) head, disgraces/shames/dishonors the head of him.” “Down-from” does not sound like we are talking about a hat. In fact, if we retranslate 1 Cor 11:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, the subject matter seems not to be about head coverings or hats but more about hair length and style as can be seen when looking at 1 Cor 11:14, 15. Long hair “down-from/against” a man praying or prophesying disgraces his head. I know this will ruffle some feathers. So, I will do a full translation on 1 Cor 11 and full discussion below on hats and hair. But, with this being the only verse against hats that does not really seem to be against hats, the Bible/Word seems very much for hats, even while praying (which we are to do all the time [1 Thes 5:17]).
Along the lines of hair, why should women shave all their hair except on the head? Is it not natural for them to grow hair? This is a big subject for some people. We have verses of the nazir/nazirite vow for men and women to grow their hair on their head for a time while being set-apart/devoted/holy to the LORD (Num 6:2, 5). And, then after this devoted/holy time, the person is to shave all the hair of their head off so the hair can be used in a sacrifice (Num 6:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) [ref]. And, notice it is a special vow not to cut any of your hair, meaning the hair of the head was usually trimmed. But, 1 Cor 11:6 states it is a disgrace for a woman to have a shaved head. Was the woman suppose to remain under the nazir/nazirite vow forever? And, we are told, “You shall not strike-off/attack/surround/round-off (the) side/edge/corner (H6285) (of) your (hair on your) head and you shall not ruin/corrupt/destroy [Aleph-Tav] the edge/side/corner (H6285) (of) your beard” in Lev 19:27. How can you shave off all your hair on your head for a sacrifice but not “strike-off/attack/surround/round-off (the) side/edge/corner (of) your (hair on your) head”? And, is a man naked without a beard or does a woman need to wear a veil?
And, then there is also the topic of tattoos which Lev 19:28 says, “And, incision/cutting unto/for (the) living-flesh/breathing-flesh/nephesh, you shall not make/give/put/set in/on your flesh/body, and not make/give/put/set in/on you imprint/mark tattoo/incision/imprint, I (am) the-LORD/YEHOVAH.” Your body is the LORD’s and a holy temple that HE dwells within if you are a Believer (1 Cor 6:19, 20). Every person is made in the perfect image of GOD (Gen 1:26, 27). Placing a tattoo on yourself is trying to change that perfect holy image of HIMSELF and the holy temple HE made you into. So, to get a tattoo is a sin. For those who have already marked themselves and the image of GOD, know that you can ask for forgiveness and be forgiven as far as the east is from the west (1 Jhn 1:9; Psm 103:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18).
Now, on to finding some answers for the each of the topics not already answered. The image we see of YESHUA in Heaven in Revelation chapter 1 has YESHUA wearing a robe down to HIS feet with HIS face and feet being able to be seen (Rev 1:13, 14, 15, 16). This robe has a length that supports the images made in stone of the Hebrew robe [ref]. And, we have a statement in the Scripture of “gird up your loins,” which requires a robe that goes down to the feet (2 Kgs 4:29; 9:1; Job 38:3; 40:7; 1 Pet 1:13). This video shows how you physically gird up your loins. After girding up your loins, the lower legs are revealed up to the knee, which was the length of the priest’s breeches. Hands throughout the Scriptures can always be seen. This at least allows us to know the upper face, hands, and lower legs at and below the knee can be uncovered and not be considered revealing your nakedness. The legs and feet are very similar to the arms and hands; they even have the same number of bones. So, it is probably safe to say the arm from the elbow to the hand can be revealed without revealing your nakedness.
Lev 19:27 seems to be not a commandment to never shave (which would not allow you to go through with a nazir/nazirite vow), but a commandment to not change the edges/pattern of the hair and beard. This means the hair on the head can be trimmed as long or short as you would like as long as the image of the pattern the hair creates is not being changed. 1 Cor 11:5, 6, 15 states a woman’s long hair is a glory/honor/praise/dignity/splendor for the woman and her shaved or very short hair is spoken of as disgraceful/shameful/filthy/dishonorable. So, not only should the pattern of edges of the woman’s hair not be changed, but her hair should be kept long. This has been mostly the norm of cultures through history. How long though? There is no direct answer from the Scripture on exactly how long. The beard was different from the head hair as can been seen from Lev 19:27 separating the two. Shaving the man’s hair, cutting the beard short, or shaving the beard is always seen as bad and used for mourning or humiliating situations unless shaving the hair for nazir/nazirite vow (2 Sam 10:4, 5; Job 1:20; Isa 7:20; 15:2; Jer 16:6; 41:5; 48:37; Ezek 27:31; 29:18; Micah 1:16; Acts 21:23, 24). Though, even for the nazir/nazirite vow, shaving the head is done after the devotion to the LORD is finished. And, the nazir/nazirite vow was only for the Sons of Yisra’el/Israel and not for the priests that had been separated from the people after the census in Num 1:2, 3, 47, 48, 49, 50 (Num 6:2). This is why there are two commandments for cutting the hair and beard, Lev 19:2, 27 for the Sons of Yisra’el/Israel and Lev 21:1, 5 for the priests. But, men having long hair is considered a disgrace and is to be trimmed short (1 Cor 11:14; Ezek 44:20). How short? Sounds like long enough to cover the bald head, that is if your hair will cover your baldness (Lev 13:40, 41). And, the mustache was normally trimmed according to 2 Sam 19:24. The removal of the beard or the hair of the head does not seem to be a nakedness issue as much as an honor/holiness/pride issue, as the priests were not to remove the hair or beard. We can conclude not having a beard is not revealing your nakedness, as there is no veil spoken of to cover the shame of no beard (or else the men in 2 Sam 10:4, 5 would not be hiding in a cave till their beards grew back; they would have just used a veil like Mosheh/Moses [Ex 34:33, 34, 35]). This means the beard can be trimmed as long or short as you would like as long as the image of the pattern the beard creates is not being changed as per Lev 19:27. If we think of the veil for the woman as a replacement for the man’s beard, then this also means the woman without a veil would not be revealing her nakedness. And, we can see Channah/Hannah, a married woman, at the place of worship without a veil as ‘Eli can see her lips moving (1 Sam 1:13). But, the beard for the man and the veil for the woman can be seen as for honor and holiness (Gen 24:65; 38:14, 19). The only time all the hair on the body is being shaved off is to become clean (Num 8:7; Lev 14:8, 9). So, shaving any part of the body does not seem to be an issue. But, once again removing the hair of the legs of a man is used in humiliating them in Isa 7:20. All of the Scriptures about hair taken together indicate while the hair is growing as the LORD made it to grow on either a man or woman is a time considered holy and honorable before the LORD. As both man and woman were made in the LORD’s image (Gen 1:27), shaving, removing the hair, or changing the image of the hair away from the normal image we were made in seems to indicate an end to holiness, honor, and being set apart to the LORD. But, this removal of hair is required when a person becomes unclean/unholy. And, for a man, trimming the hair of the head and the mustache seems to be a requirement. This subject will be continued further down in the article.
As stated above, hats are part of the Biblical wardrobe. The only verses against the idea of men wearing hats seems to be the English translation of 1 Cor 11. So, let us retranslate and reevaluate it. Before we start, Yechezqel/Ezekiel was told not to remove his hat/turban in mourning for the dead (Ezk 24:17, 23), but 2 Sam 15:30, Jer 14:3, 4, and Est 6:12 show that the head was covered during mourning; what is going on? During mourning for the dead the hat/turban would be removed, the hair messed up and let down, and the head would then be covered using the outer 4-cornered robe/cloak/simlah/me’il or sack-cloth like a hoody [ref] [ref]. It was in this 4-cornered outer garment that the tzitziot/tassels were placed into each of the four corners (Num 15:38) [ref]. The placing of the Jewish prayer shawl with tzitziot over the head to pray or read the Scriptures was started in Babylon according to the Babylonian’s pagan worship practices [ref]. So, what originally was for mourning started being used for prayer. This could be what Paul is referring not to do in 1 Cor 11:4, 7.
I ran across a person who understands Greek very well and has come to the same conclusion that 1 Cor 11 has nothing to do with head-coverings/hats (that link is here). At the same time, I will be referencing another person who has done extensive research in the area of the culture of the time when the verses where written and leans toward 1 Cor 11 being about head garments, yet even he still agrees that the wording and context could go either way, that view can be found HERE. Now, to the translation.
“Every man praying or prophesying, having/holding/possessing down-from/against/among (his) head, disgraces/shames/dishonors the head of him.”
(1 Cor 11:4)
(Long hair is not the issue here as the nazir/nazirite vow would allow a man to have long hair, and it would not be a disgrace. Paul seems to have done the nazir/nazirite vow in Acts 18:18. We know YESHUA/JESUS also had long hair in a pony tail half way down HIS back [ref]. But, showing that long hair by letting it down like a woman was a disgrace (1 Cor 11:14) [ref]. As noted above, the prayer shawl over the head that started in Babylon may be what is intended. The verse could be for anything down from the head, including long hair and the prayer shawl.)
“But/Now/However, every woman praying or prophesying with the head being let loose (H6544)/(G177) disgraces/shames/dishonors the head of her, for/indeed it is one and the same as having been sheared/shaven.”
(1 Cor 11:5)
(uncovered/revealed/unveiled is the meaning given for the Greek word akatakaluptos (G177), but 1 Cor 11:5 and 1 Cor 11:13 are the only places in the New Testament this word is used. The Believers of the time when Corinthians was written also read the Septuagint, which was a Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. Akatakaluptos is only used once in the Septuagint in Lev 13:45 for the Hebrew word para’ (H6544) that means for hair “to-be-let-loose/to-let-go/to-loosen” with “uncover” being a figurative meaning. With all this in view, this verse can only be referring to hair let down. A woman’s long hair was not to be let down like a prostitute or pagan priestess, but was kept up in a knot/bun under their hat/head-garment [ref].)
“For, if a woman does not cover/hide/veil (G2619) her head, (then) even shear/cut the-hair-of her; now/however/but if (it is) shameful/disgraceful to the woman/wife to have the-hair sheared/cut or shaven/cut, cover/hide/veil (G2619) her head.”
(1 Cor 11:6)
(Katakalypto (G2619) is another Greek word that is only used in the New Testament in these verses of 1 Cor 11:6, 7. The verse is speaking of covering/hiding the head with gathered hair &/or a garment.) (Katakalypto can mean to veil the face, but face is not mentioned in this chapter at all.)
“For, truly/indeed a man ought/should not cover/hide/veil (G2619) the head, being (the) image/likeness/representation and glory/honor/splendor (of) GOD; the woman/wife however is (the) glory/honor/splendor (of) man/husband.”
(1 Cor 11:7)
(The head would not be covered/hidden with short hair. But, the head would be covered/hidden with long hair or a head-garment/prayer-shawl.)
“For, man/husband is not of woman/wife, but woman/wife of man/husband; for/indeed, even/and man/husband was not created/formed/shaped/made through/on-account-of/for-the-sake-of/because-of the woman/wife, but woman/wife through/on-account-of/for-the-sake-of/because-of the man/husband.”
(1 Cor 11:8, 9)
“Through/on-account-of/for-the-sake-of/because-of this, the woman ought/should have/hold/possess power/authority/influence upon/on her head through/on-account-of/for-the-sake-of/because-of the angels/messengers.”
(1 Cor 11:10)
(This could be referring to the angels/messengers-of-GOD being witnesses of our acts as Heb 12:1 alludes to. Some say it may be referring to Gen 6:2, 3, 4 & Jude 1:6 and be referring to angels being attracted to women. To have long hair bound up on the head would be to have influence/authority over the hair of her head and the head itself. And, a head garment could do the same. Long flowing hair is let down without any restraint.)
“However/but, nor/neither (is) woman/wife apart/separate from man/husband, nor (is) man/husband apart/separate from woman/wife in/with (the) LORD.”
(1 Cor 11:11)
“For, just/even as the woman/wife from-out-of/of/from the man/husband, so also the man/husband through/on-account-of/for-the-sake-of/because-of the woman/wife; however everything/all from-out-of/of/from the GOD.”
(1 Cor 11:12)
(The “man is through/on-account-of/for-the-sake-of/because-of the woman” through the birth of man by the woman.)
“By yourselves, you judge/decide: is it fitting/right (for) a woman/wife (to) let loose (H6544)/(G177) (her hair) to pray (to) GOD?”
(1 Cor 11:13)
(Referring to the notes in 1 Cor 11:5 above, this verse can only be about hair length and style.)
“Not-even/neither does nature itself teach you that if indeed a man/husband has long hair, it is a disgrace/shame/dishonor to him,”
(1 Cor 11:14)
(Refer to the notes in 1 Cor 11:4 above. This verse is only about hair length and style.)
“Now/but/however, if a woman/wife has long hair, it is glory/honor/splendor to her; for, the long hair is given to her for a covering/veil/cloak (G4018).”
(1 Cor 11:15)
(The Greek word peribolaion (G4018) is a garment covering. If 1 Cor 11 is about garment coverings, why is this the first time peribolaion (G4018) is used? In this verse the long hair is being compared to a garment covering. This verse is still about hair length length and style.)
“Now/however, if anyone thinks/seems to be contentious/fond-of-strife, we have/hold/possess no such custom/habit/practice, nor/not-even (do) the assemblies/congregations/churches of GOD.”
(1 Cor 11:16)
If we are going to say the above is about head coverings, then 1 Cor 11:4, 7 would be the only verses in Scripture against a man having a head covering. That does not make sense. All of the verses of 1 Cor 11 can support hair length/style, while not all the verses support the head covering idea. By stating these verses are about head garment coverings, men are excluded from wearing hats. By stating these verses are about hair length and style, the hat becomes the normal part of clothing for both men and women as supported in the rest of the Scriptures. Also, If these verses were all about a woman having to wear a head-covering to cover their hair, why is 1 Pet 3:3 and 1 Tim 2:9 talking about not braiding the hair? It wouldn’t matter if the hair was braided or not if the hair was covered with a garment. You could say 1 Pet 3:3 and 1 Tim 2:9 are verses showing a woman has no need of wearing a head garment since 1 Cor 11:15 states her hair is already a garment covering for her head. But, maybe the braids are about the hair toward the front of the head around the face that are not covered. Most head coverings for women cover this hair though.
That is as far as you can go with defining nakedness with just reading the Scripture at face value. In order to go any farther, we need to understand why nakedness is nakedness. In order to do that we need to understand the differences between what has been allowed to be uncovered and what needs covered as already defined.
When I was studying the ancient Hebrew, you find the whole body is really made like a tabernacle like the Scripture states in 1 Cor 6:19. This is somewhat shown in the article “The Flesh,” which starts with the article “The Skull.” The “Ancient Hebrew” section also goes into this. You may be asking why I’m going into all this. This is the direction I took when I saw that the hat was important even though I thought you were not suppose to wear a hat, which led me to retranslate 1 Cor 11. But, this material also helps to explain the rest of the subjects of all the topics above. From “The Heaven & Hell” article, A tabernacle/temple/house/tent made according to the Scripture has 2 rooms/houses: the cubed inner room/house called the “Holy of Holies” and the outer room/house called the “Holy Place,” being twice as long as it is wide (1 Kgs 6:2, 16, 17, 20). The whole Tabernacle/Temple is called the Tent/Tabernacle of Meeting because the Tabernacle/Temple is where the LORD meets with HIS people (Ex 28:43). The LORD’s presence is in the Holy of Holies (Ex 25:21, 22; 26:34).
Since YESHUA/JESUS is the head of the body as Col 1:18 states and YESHUA is the LORD/GOD WHOSE presence would be in the Holy of Holies, the head of our body should have some representation as the Holy of Holies. As noted in the Heaven & Hell article and movie, the New Yerushalayim/Jerusalem is the final Holy of Holies that is the city of Heaven on Earth (Rev 21:2, 16). So, the Holy of Holies also needs to represent the Heavens. What you find if you divide a person’s height into 3 parts, with the 1st part including the head that would have to represent the Holy of Holes, is the 1st part ends at the bottom of the sternum or what could be considered the bottom of the lungs.
The lungs have the air of the sky/Heavens within them. So, the division seen in the body is matching up with the tabernacle.
If a person raises their arms all the way into the air, the Holy of Holies becomes everything above the shoulders including the head of course.
A persons arms and legs are also formed like tabernacles/houses with the Holy of Holies represented closer to the body. The upper leg from the crotch to the knee is one unit (Holy of Holies) and from the knee to the ankle is 2 units (like the Holy Place).
The upper arm from the armpit to the elbow is one unit (like the Holy of Holies) and from the elbow to the middle fingertip is 2 units (like the Holy Place).
The arm and leg sections representing the Holy of Holies is seen better when they are bent.
We find that the back of the fist forms a holy of holies. The thumb and bent little finger form the 1 unit cubed from the thumb-tip/little-finger-knuckle to wrist. Then, the length of the lower arm from the wrist to the bend in the arm is 2 units as shown in the picture below.
The bend in the arm becomes an angle when the hand is turn palm down. The point where the bend in the arm always stays in the same place is shown in the picture above as the bottom of the bend. The top of the bend in the picture moves back as the palm is turned to cause the bend in the arm to become an angle. So, the bottom part of the bend in the arm includes the full length of the lower arm, even though it does not appear that way with the palm down.
The bend in the arm is straight across if the hand is palm side up as shown above.
With the palm down and the bend in the arm forming an angle, if the middle of the angle is used as our measurement, then the 1 unit of the hand extends to the knuckle of the middle finger.
Every digit of the hands & feet are formed like a tabernacle/2-room-house with the holy place in place of the two sections away from the hand/foot and the holy of holies located as the first section close to the hand/foot. The thumb and toe are turned around and are formed like tabernacles with the holy of holies at the nail side and the holy place toward the body, or it can be also understood the holy of holies of the thumb has moved back into the palm of the hand.
There are many more tabernacles represented in the body, but that gives us a place to work from. For the next part, we will have to use a man. The reason is the man represents YESHUA/JESUS and the woman represents the Church (Eph 5:23). As the Church still has unclean bodies from sin that can not walk before the face of the FATHER without burning up until every Believer receives a new holy glorified body, this is what is being represented in the woman. The woman does not (usually) have a hairy covering over their body. Hair is what is used as a covering over the tabernacle/tent (Ex 26:7). And, tents/family-homes were originally made with goat hair [ref] [ref]. After ‘Adam and Chavah/Eve sinned they knew they were naked. The nakedness and sin are linked together and can be seen as representing one another in verses like Rev 3:17. So, as the woman is representing the Church, her hairlessness or being uncovered is representing the nakedness of the Church in the flesh, even though the Church is clean in the spirit by the SPIRIT.
(Here is a chart for body hair growth patterns. Warning: this webpage and chart does show nakedness.)
The Holy of Holies is like the bedroom of the house; it is where the High Priest was only allowed to enter into the presence of the LORD once a year (Hebrew 9:7). It make sense this area is private and for the family only. The Holy Place is like the living room of the house, there are non-family members that can enter this area. It makes since that even though this area is covered, it could be uncovered because it is less private. If you follow this concept of the Holy of Holies needing covered and the Holy Place can be covered or uncovered, you will notice each area on a man that represents the Holy of Holies is covered with hair.
So, for the above picture, the man has a hairy chest and hairy upper back. And, everyone has hair for their head (mostly).
But, now we run into some areas that represent the Holy of Holies that are not covered with hair. Why? The face of the head is an example. When was the Holy of Holies opened up to more than just the High Priest? When YEHSUA died on the Cross, the veil of the Holy of the Holies was ripped in two allowing any Believer to enter into the Holy of Holies (Mt 27:51; Heb 10:19, 20). If you have read “The Flesh,” the skull has images of YESHUA crucified in the skull upon the Crosses in the flesh of the face in the area where the face has no hair as though HIS death on the Cross has ripped open the veil so we can see the image of the LORD that we are made in. Also, the lower jaw below the nose represents the Holy Place of the Place of Gnashing of Teeth. As explained in “The Flesh” article, the mouth that represents death is represented with a cross that represents death. But, there is no image of YESHUA crucified upon this Cross because the enemy has rejected the LORD, HIS love, and HIS gift of a sacrifice for the punishment of our sins. So, instead of the veil being represented as being opened, this area is covered in the hair called a beard.
This perspective helps us to understand why some areas have a hair covering and others do not. Without getting into every area of the body, we only need to focus on one other place that represents the Holy of Holies that is also not covered with hair. This area is the upper arm between the armpit and the elbow.
Without having you read all of the “Ancient Hebrew” section to get to the “Yod” article that explains this next part better, I am just outlining a short version. As was already stated, the arm with hand and leg with foot are very similar. Both form tabernacles with the upper arm and the upper leg representing the Holy of Holies. The kneecap stands as a closed door/veil between the holy place of the lower leg and the holy of holies of the upper leg. In the arm, the elbow is missing this door/veil, as though it has been opened. And, an open veil results in no covering hair up on the area representing the Holy of Holies. With the upper arm being revealed like the face, having the area from the elbow to the armpit uncovered would not be revealing your nakedness. This actual matches up with the garments shown in stone of the Hebrew garment shown HERE with the shoulder still remaining covered. This also helps to explain how the area from the knees down representing the Holy Place can be uncovered by girding up the loins and not be considered nakedness.
This also helps us to understand why trimming the hair of the head and the mustache seems to be a requirement for a man. The Holy of Holies of the head is from the top of the head to the upper lip as shown in “The Flesh” article. And, this is the area where the face is open and has images of YESHUA crucified in the skull upon the Crosses in the flesh of the face. So, YESHUA is shown making a sacrifice for the Church. And, cutting hair is like a sacrifice that is done when someone is unclean and unholy. The man, representing YESHUA, is representing a sacrifice in trimming/cutting his hair in the area represented for the unclean Church to be made holy and clean and able to enter into the presence of the LORD in the Holy of Holies.
Then, the pride of the beard makes sense as that area is representing those who are in pride and do not want the veil represented by the beard opened up. And, the LORD, represented by the man, out of respect allows the veil to remain in place for those who do not want to be in HIS presence. Why does a man have a mustache then? This area is over the upper lip that is over the upper teeth. The lower teeth are representing the Hell of the unbeliever while the upper teeth are representing the Hell that YESHUA already suffered eternally for upon the Cross. It is the same concept as chewing the cud [ref]. The upper lip is the area representing YESHUA’s suffering of Hell for the Believer when HE took upon HIMSELF our sin and was veiled from the face of the LORD the FATHER in HIS wrath upon the SON. This is also why the unclean leper is to cover his mustache and the clean person reveals the mustache (Lev 13:45).
The argument for or against pants. Nowhere in Scripture will you find anything supporting pants for men or women. So, we can not use the Scripture to say anyone could or should wear pants. If we go back to the symbolism in ancient Hebrew, we would have to make it to the bottom of the “Chayet” article that shows the picture below (Chayet being the 8th Hebrew letter).
That upside-down Y is an upside-down Wav/Vav, which is the 6th Hebrew letter that basically represents the flesh of man [ref]. A robe would cover over this image, while pants would reveal the it. So, the symbolism is not going to help you if you were wanting something to support an argument for pants.
Now, there are areas of the body that are revealed in the Scripture that go further than stated above. Most, if not all, of these verses are in Song of Songs, also called Song of Solomon. If fact, I cannot translate Song of Songs WhyAlive style because the content would be X rated. This is because Song of Songs is about a husband and wife. And, a husband and wife should enjoy each other’s nakedness without shame or guilt. A person can be pure, righteous, and holy while being naked before their spouse because there is no sin when revealing nakedness privately within the bedroom between a man and a woman who are husband and wife. It should be just like Gen 2:25 states, “And, were (the) two of them naked, the man and his wife/woman, and they were not ashamed/disgraced/disappointed/paled.” Interestingly, the Hebrew word for “naked” (H6174) is spelled exactly the same as the Hebrew word for “crafty” (H6175) used in the very next verse after Gen 2:25, which is Gen 3:1. So, Gen 3:1 can be translated, “And, the serpent was (more) naked/crafty/shrewd/prudent/cunning/subtil than all/any beast (of) the field…” Adam and Chavvah/Eve were not ashamed of their nakedness until they understood craftiness after they sinned and ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. So, we can say their shame from nakedness came from their understanding cunningness/craftiness in their nakedness. And so, the husband and wife that are not sinning and naked in the privacy of their bedroom have no shame before each other or the LORD.
Thank YOU LORD that YOU provided a sacrifice in YESHUA, the Lamb of GOD, in order to clothe our nakedness from sin and remove our shame in our righteousness in YOU while walking/living in YOUR ways.