c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.231

The Wars of the Jews 5.231

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.231

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

231When he officiated, he had on a pair of breeches that reached beneath his privy parts to his thighs, and had on an inner garment of linen, together with a blue garment, round, without seam, with fringework, and reaching to the feet. There were also golden bells that hung upon the fringes, and pomegranates intermixed among them. The bells signified thunder, and the pomegranates lightning.