body, e.g, perforating the ears and the nose, which would have been rejected by the Yahwistic faith.1 Fourth, jewelry was prescribed here exclusively for the high priest and not for the Israelites in general. The OT does not prescribe any religious jewelry for the Israelites to use in order to indicate that they worshiped Yahweh. An Israelite was to be identified as such by placing tassels to the hem of their garments with a blue cord attached to them (Num 15:37–41).2 In fact, what distinguished