Genesis 24:65
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65 “Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?” she asked the servant.
And he replied, “It is my master.” So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
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1 Timothy 2:9
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9 And I want women to be modest in their appearance.[a] They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes.
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- 2:9 Or to pray in modest apparel.
1 Corinthians 11:5-6
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5 But a woman dishonors her head[a] if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head. 6 Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering.[b]
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1 Corinthians 11:10
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10 For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.[a]
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- 11:10 Greek should have an authority on her head.
Genesis 20:16
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16 And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your ‘brother’ 1,000 pieces of silver[a] in the presence of all these witnesses. This is to compensate you for any wrong I may have done to you. This will settle any claim against me, and your reputation is cleared.”
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- 20:16 Hebrew 1,000 [shekels] of silver, about 25 pounds or 11.4 kilograms in weight.
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