Category: History - Other

The Essenes: Their history and doctrines

impurity, are to be clad in white garments (4 Esdras ii. 39–45; Enoch lxi. 18; Rev. iii. 4; vi. 11; vii. 9, 14; xix. 8); soiled garments are regarded as emblematic of impurity (Zech. iii. 3, &c.) Inseparably connected therewith are the frequent purifications or washings enjoin...