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The Ketonet was the tunic worn by the Jewish Kohen Gadol ( High Priest ) and kohenim (priests) when they served in the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the Temple in Jerusalem . It was made of pure linen, covering the entire body from the neck to the feet, with sleeves reaching to the wrists. That of the High Priest was embroidered ( Exodus 28:39 ); those of the priests were plain ( Exodus 28:40 ). On Yom Kippur , the High priest would change into a special ketonet made of fine linen that was not embroidered when he would enter the Holy of Holies . This ketonet could only be used once, with a new set made for each year. According to the Talmud , the wearing of the ketonet atoned for the sin of bloodshed on the part of the Children of Israel .1
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The priestly tunic (Hebrew ketonet כֻּתֹּנֶת) was as an undergarment or shirt worn by the High Priest and priests when they served in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem .Yoma 7:5]: "The high priest serves in eight garments, and an ordinary priest in four: tunic, underpants, head-covering, and girdle."
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The priestly tunic ( kutonet ) was as an undergarment or shirt worn by the High Priest and priests when they served in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem . Yoma 7:5]: "The high priest serves in eight garments, and an ordinary priest in four: tunic, underpants, head-covering, and girdle."
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The priestly tunic ( kutonet ) was as an undergarment or shirt worn by the High Priest and priests when they served in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem . Yoma 7:5]: "The high priest serves in eight garments, and an ordinary priest in four: tunic, underpants, head-covering, and girdle."
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One of several garments worn by priests in the Biblical temple Priestly linens display for the Tabernacle replica at BYU.The priestly tunic ( Hebrew : כֻּתֹּנֶת kutonet ) was an undergarment or shirt worn by all priests , including the High Priest , when serving in the Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem . Yoma 7:5]: "The high priest serves in eight garments, and an ordinary priest in four: tunic, underpants, head-covering, and girdle."
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as an undergarment or shirt worn by the high priest and priests when they served in the tabernacle and the temp
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undergarment or shirt worn by all priests
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