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BIBLE DICTIONARY
Camel’s hair
Camel’s hair is clipped from the animal’s neck, back, and hump and woven into a coarse, durable, rough, and often itchy clothlike material and used for clothing. The camel’s hair garment worn by John the Baptist ( Mark 1: 6) was possibly used as part of his austerity to separated him from the soft raiment and gorgeous apparel of the kings’ courts ( Matt. 11: 8; Luke 7: 25) and from the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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