I have heard many argue for and against wearing of a pair of trousers by women with different interpretations of Deuteronomy 22:5 which says: “a woman must not dress like a man, nor a man like a woman; anyone who does this is detestable to Yahweh your God.” This can best be understood if we understand the culture of the Jews pertaining to their dress culture. Every culture has particular clothing meant for men that define their masculinity so also, are clothing meant for women that defines their feminine nature. This is not different from the Jewish culture. Those days, during the time of Moses when the laws in Deut 22 were being practised (even to the time of the early Christians), both men and women wore garments and cloaks. These days, garments are worn by women and are no longer fashionable by men. Therefore, we all see it as women’s dress these days. This means that, Deut 22:5 puts into perspective the culture of the place and specifically, the kind of dress which must define the sex of the person. So, the question should be what kind of dress was Moses referring to since both men and women of his time were wearing garments? In the Jewish culture (and also found among other adjourning kingdoms of the old), men garments are sown in a particular pattern and style different from that of the women (Picture below).


Though, both men and women wore flowing gowns but their sowing styles were different which could easily be identified. This was why a man who wore a woman’s garment or a woman who wore a man’s garment could cause gender identification ambiguity which is detestable to God.
More so, it is good to note that when that law was enacted, there was not in existence a pair of tights, suits, a pair of leggings or a pair of jean trousers. So, should we say we should still dress like the time of Moses? That is why what is acceptable to a culture one finds himself should be adhered to as long as it is modest. For example, if a man decides to wear a garment worn those days by Moses to a market in Nigeria today, he would be looked at as a mad man or homosexual because, it is not culturally acceptable these days as such clothing is seen as females’. Times have changed, so also fashion. Culturally, an Indian woman wears a pair of trousers under a colourful flowing gown, and it’s acceptable. A Scottish man wears a shirt and jacket on a skirt- his culture and it’s acceptable. An Urhobo man from Niger Delta ties wrapper under a flowing colourful George shirt with a hat to complement- that’s his culture and it’s acceptable. Pairs of leggings and tights are female dresses even though they are pairs of short or trousers which cannot be worn by men because they are not designed or patterned for men. If you see a man wearing leggings would he not be termed mad or homosexual? Some women wear tight or nicker under their skirt but condemn those that wear same outside. Is it the wearing of a pair of trousers/tights/nickers by women that is a sin or wearing it outside for others to see that is a sin? If you can wear a pair of tights or nickers/boxer’s short under your skirt because people don’t see it but condemns wearing of a pair of trousers/ nickers by others as sin, then you are an hypocrite! If a man condemns you for wearing a pair of trousers as a woman, buy him a pair of leggings to wear to his office and let him come back to tell us how he was treated.
1 Timothy 2:9 teaches us how modest our women (likewise men) should dress. Therefore, whatever you put on must be modest and must not expose parts of your body that defines your sexuality or must not lure people around you to have sinful thoughts. If you are a man, dress like a man, and if you are a woman, dress like one.
Therefore, the meaning of Deut 22:5 is not forbidding women from wearing trousers but admonishes women who dress in a masculine manner with their feminine identity mistaken as man and also forbids men to dress in women's clothing and cosmetics. The scripture is clear and simple.

I think dat passage is talking about tomboys nd tomgirls

Try wearing a female trouser first....then come and tell us how it pertains to that of men.

Sometimes I do feel like before Jesus comes finally, he should at least come once again to further explain somethings, cause if u ask pastors, it this same verse they would open for u and u still won't understand.


I am also confused on this matter..!!

Pls anyone that can explain pls quote me and explain



Op nice write up by the way..!

sinaj:
I think dat passage is talking about tomboys nd tomgirls

That inclusive

The group of people on earth who abuse freedom the more is Christians. They use the grace Christ's death offered to commit all forms of atrocity.

They'll tell you they are under the grace and not under the law.

psucc:
The group of people on earth who abuse freedom the more is Christians. They use the grace Christ's death offered to commit all forms of atrocity.

They'll tell you they are under the grace and not under the law.

ofcoz but it has limit

Kindly check the facebook page of Bishop Francis Wale Oke. He already answered the question.

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=193894843956541&tsid=0.8444415082260694&source=result

Thanks.

whitebeard:
Sometimes I do feel like before Jesus comes finally, he should at least come once again to further explain somethings, cause if u ask pastors, it this same verse they would open for u and u still won't understand.


I am also confused on this matter..!!

Pls anyone that can explain pls quote me and explain



Op nice write up by the way..!

The explanation you need is what I have done in the post except you have something else you need explanation on, pls come clear

An excerpt from my ebook, The Woman Question will help.

CHAPTER 2
Does The Bible Forbid It?

“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man neither shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all that do so are an abomination unto the Lord thy God” (Deut. 22:5).

Perhaps this is the strongest and seemingly scriptural proof forbidding women from men's wears. This claim however that this scripture forbids women from putting on trouser is weakened by the following arguments.

1. Trousers Are Not Necessarily Men's Wear.
Men did not put on trousers in the Bible days. Both men and women wore flowing gowns and skirts in the Bible days. Trouser wear is man's innovation. Just as men's garments were sewn differently from women's garments, so also are men's trousers sewn differently from women's trousers. A man for instance can't put on a trouser designed for a woman. So, men have their kind of trousers and women theirs too. Trying to say trousers are limited to men is as good as saying that wrappers are restricted to women. But we do know that men also tie wrappers in this part of the world but not the same way as the women tie theirs. The fact that wrappers are mostly common with the women and trousers mostly common with the men doesn't make these styles restrictive to either sex. Moreover, traditionally, trouser wears are not even men's wear in this part of the world. None of our fore fathers wore trousers until the white men came to colonize them.

2. Deuteronomy 22:5 Is Not For The New Testament Saints.

This verse which is one of the laws of Moses was addressed only to the Jews under the Old Covenant. Before Jesus came, you were either a Jew or a Gentile (without God). Under the Old Covenant, the Gentiles weren't included.

“That at that time ye (Gentiles) were without Christ being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenant of promise, having no hope and without God in the world” (Eph. 2:12).

So, Deut. 22:5 has nothing to do with the New Testament Saints.
“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them (Jews) who were under the law…” (Rom. 3:19)
Exodus 34:27 further confirms this truth. “And the Lord said unto Moses, write down these words for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.” No mention was made of the Gentile nations here. Using Deut. 22:5 to judge the Christian women is like asking Nigerians to keep American laws and make us feel guilty for not keeping it. (Additional ref: Rom. 2:14, 3:2, 9:4).

3. God's Covenant Was Never Intended To Be Established By the Law of Moses

“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise of none effect”. “And this I say that the covenant (Abrahamic covenant), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law (law of Moses) which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise” (Rom. 4:13-14, Gal. 3:17-18).

The scripture above says that God's promise to Abraham was unconditional. Dos and don'ts (law) were not attached to it. Abraham was declared righteous not because he obeyed any codes of conduct but because he believed God (Rom.4:3, Gal. 3:6). For instance, if you were promised an amount of money by your uncle, and when you get to him to receive the promise, he now demands you must do this or that before he gives you the money, he has invariably nullified his promise. What you get then is no longer a favour but what you worked for. In the same way if God demanded that obeying the laws of Moses was a necessary prerequisite to be blessed, then He lied to Abraham. This is what Paul the Apostle stressed in the scripture just quoted above. How many of us will love to have an earthly father who spells out some dos and don'ts for us without which we cannot receive anything from him? Our God is a loving God and not a Soldier. We gain approval before Him not because we're trying to keep a particular law but because we believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead (Rom. 4:24). Besides, 1 Tim. 1:9 remarks that, “…..the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient………” It therefore means that we that have been declared righteous don't need the laws of Moses to live by.

4. Even The Jews That Were Given The Law Are No Longer Under Obligation To Keep It. They Have Been Delivered From The Law.

The Jews that were given the law are no longer under obligation to keep it because Christ has redeemed them from the law;
“Christ HATH REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW being made a curse for us (Jews), for it is written, cursed is every man that hangeth on a tree. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH HAVING ABOLISHED in His flesh the enmity EVEN THE LAW OF COMMANDMENT contained in ordinances for to make in Himself of twain, one new man, so making peace. BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES (LAW) that was against us which was contrary to us nailing it to the cross. FOR CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW for righteousness to everyone that believeth. FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST. BUT NOW WE (JEWS) ARE DELIVERED FROM THE LAW that being dead wherein we were held, that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter (law). Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and BE NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH THE YOKE OF BONDAGE (LAW). For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye (the New Creation) are NOT UNDER THE LAW but under grace” For there is verily A DISANNULLING (CANCELLATION) OF THE COMMANDMENT going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. And for this cause, he is the mediator of a New Testament that by means of death, for the REDEMPTION OF THE TRANSGRESSORS THAT WERE UNDER THE FIRST TESTAMENT, they which are called might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance. Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. HE TAKETH AWAY THE FIRST (LAW OF MOSES) that he may establish the second. For the priesthood being changed, there is made a necessity a change also of the law” (Gal. 3:13-14, Eph. 2:15, Rom.10:4, John 1:17, Rom. 7:6, Gal. 5:1, Rom. 6:14, Heb. 7:18, 9:15, 10:9, 7:12).

These references testifying to the end of the Law of Moses (including Deut. 22:5) are too numerous to be ignored.

In spite of these clouds of witnesses, some Christians will still want to insist that Deut. 22:5 must be obeyed by Christian Women. This was also the case in the times of the early Apostles. They insisted that the Gentiles and likewise the Jews must keep the law of circumcision that Moses commanded. Paul the Apostle was vehemently persecuted for teaching otherwise. Even today, so many religious leaders are doing the same persecuting brethren and churches teaching that the New Testament Saints do not live by the laws of Moses as the scripture emphatically teaches. If the Jews that were under the law have been delivered from it, why then are we (formerly called Gentiles) trying to bear the burden the Jews could not bear?

Paul says he's afraid of those who are still trying to keep the Law of Moses. “Ye observe days, and months and times and years. I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain” (Gal. 4:10-11).

This is just an excerpt from Chapter Two of the ebook, The Woman Question. You can place order for the complete book. If you are in UK or US, you can order it from Amazon Kindle.

Hear is the link, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0WX4RO.


ABOUT THE BOOK
This timely book addresses the following questions;
Should Christian Women put on trousers even to church?

Should they pray with their head uncovered?

Should they make up or put on jewelry?

Should they fix their hair or wear attachment of any kind?

Are they permitted to preach or teach in Church?

Are they subject to men in general?

Should they obey their husband in all things?

As much as it is imperative for all women professing to be Christians to dress decently, does this act of decency has to do with a particular style of dress? Is there any prescribed Biblical manner Christian Women should dress? Diverse belief on this subject is a major cause of disunity in the body of Christ today. Can the church be brought to a unity of faith on this subject? The answer is yes because the ultimate goal of the role of ministry is, “….For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:12-13)

What about the issue of head covering, make-up and the putting on of jewelry? This book will guide you through critical scriptural analysis of all these questions.

The argument presented in this book is substantiated by about 300 scripture references and it is therefore not the author’s personal opinion but an exposition of divine revelation.

The book is divided into two parts, Part One and Part Two. Part one exclusively deals with the issue of trousers while part two is devoted to the other questions highlighted above.

LogicStatement:

The explanation you need is what I have done in the post except you have something else you need explanation on, pls come clear

I later read every thing and said nice write up op

whitebeard:
I later read every thing and said nice write up op

Ok

Ken4Christ:
An excerpt from my ebook, The Woman Question will help.

CHAPTER 2
Does The Bible Forbid It?

“The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man neither shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all that do so are an abomination unto the Lord thy God” (Deut. 22:5).

Perhaps this is the strongest and seemingly scriptural proof forbidding women from men's wears. This claim however that this scripture forbids women from putting on trouser is weakened by the following arguments.

1. Trousers Are Not Necessarily Men's Wear.
Men did not put on trousers in the Bible days. Both men and women wore flowing gowns and skirts in the Bible days. Trouser wear is man's innovation. Just as men's garments were sewn differently from women's garments, so also are men's trousers sewn differently from women's trousers. A man for instance can't put on a trouser designed for a woman. So, men have their kind of trousers and women theirs too. Trying to say trousers are limited to men is as good as saying that wrappers are restricted to women. But we do know that men also tie wrappers in this part of the world but not the same way as the women tie theirs. The fact that wrappers are mostly common with the women and trousers mostly common with the men doesn't make these styles restrictive to either sex. Moreover, traditionally, trouser wears are not even men's wear in this part of the world. None of our fore fathers wore trousers until the white men came to colonize them.

2. Deuteronomy 22:5 Is Not For The New Testament Saints.

This verse which is one of the laws of Moses was addressed only to the Jews under the Old Covenant. Before Jesus came, you were either a Jew or a Gentile (without God). Under the Old Covenant, the Gentiles weren't included.

“That at that time ye (Gentiles) were without Christ being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenant of promise, having no hope and without God in the world” (Eph. 2:12).

So, Deut. 22:5 has nothing to do with the New Testament Saints.
“Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them (Jews) who were under the law…” (Rom. 3:19)
Exodus 34:27 further confirms this truth. “And the Lord said unto Moses, write down these words for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.” No mention was made of the Gentile nations here. Using Deut. 22:5 to judge the Christian women is like asking Nigerians to keep American laws and make us feel guilty for not keeping it. (Additional ref: Rom. 2:14, 3:2, 9:4).

3. God's Covenant Was Never Intended To Be Established By the Law of Moses

“For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise of none effect”. “And this I say that the covenant (Abrahamic covenant), that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law (law of Moses) which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise, but God gave it to Abraham by promise” (Rom. 4:13-14, Gal. 3:17-18).

The scripture above says that God's promise to Abraham was unconditional. Dos and don'ts (law) were not attached to it. Abraham was declared righteous not because he obeyed any codes of conduct but because he believed God (Rom.4:3, Gal. 3:6). For instance, if you were promised an amount of money by your uncle, and when you get to him to receive the promise, he now demands you must do this or that before he gives you the money, he has invariably nullified his promise. What you get then is no longer a favour but what you worked for. In the same way if God demanded that obeying the laws of Moses was a necessary prerequisite to be blessed, then He lied to Abraham. This is what Paul the Apostle stressed in the scripture just quoted above. How many of us will love to have an earthly father who spells out some dos and don'ts for us without which we cannot receive anything from him? Our God is a loving God and not a Soldier. We gain approval before Him not because we're trying to keep a particular law but because we believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead (Rom. 4:24). Besides, 1 Tim. 1:9 remarks that, “…..the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient………” It therefore means that we that have been declared righteous don't need the laws of Moses to live by.

4. Even The Jews That Were Given The Law Are No Longer Under Obligation To Keep It. They Have Been Delivered From The Law.

The Jews that were given the law are no longer under obligation to keep it because Christ has redeemed them from the law;
“Christ HATH REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW being made a curse for us (Jews), for it is written, cursed is every man that hangeth on a tree. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH HAVING ABOLISHED in His flesh the enmity EVEN THE LAW OF COMMANDMENT contained in ordinances for to make in Himself of twain, one new man, so making peace. BLOTTING OUT THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES (LAW) that was against us which was contrary to us nailing it to the cross. FOR CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW for righteousness to everyone that believeth. FOR THE LAW WAS GIVEN BY MOSES, BUT GRACE AND TRUTH CAME BY JESUS CHRIST. BUT NOW WE (JEWS) ARE DELIVERED FROM THE LAW that being dead wherein we were held, that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter (law). Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and BE NOT ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH THE YOKE OF BONDAGE (LAW). For sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye (the New Creation) are NOT UNDER THE LAW but under grace” For there is verily A DISANNULLING (CANCELLATION) OF THE COMMANDMENT going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. And for this cause, he is the mediator of a New Testament that by means of death, for the REDEMPTION OF THE TRANSGRESSORS THAT WERE UNDER THE FIRST TESTAMENT, they which are called might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance. Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. HE TAKETH AWAY THE FIRST (LAW OF MOSES) that he may establish the second. For the priesthood being changed, there is made a necessity a change also of the law” (Gal. 3:13-14, Eph. 2:15, Rom.10:4, John 1:17, Rom. 7:6, Gal. 5:1, Rom. 6:14, Heb. 7:18, 9:15, 10:9, 7:12).

These references testifying to the end of the Law of Moses (including Deut. 22:5) are too numerous to be ignored.

In spite of these clouds of witnesses, some Christians will still want to insist that Deut. 22:5 must be obeyed by Christian Women. This was also the case in the times of the early Apostles. They insisted that the Gentiles and likewise the Jews must keep the law of circumcision that Moses commanded. Paul the Apostle was vehemently persecuted for teaching otherwise. Even today, so many religious leaders are doing the same persecuting brethren and churches teaching that the New Testament Saints do not live by the laws of Moses as the scripture emphatically teaches. If the Jews that were under the law have been delivered from it, why then are we (formerly called Gentiles) trying to bear the burden the Jews could not bear?

Paul says he's afraid of those who are still trying to keep the Law of Moses. “Ye observe days, and months and times and years. I am afraid of you lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain” (Gal. 4:10-11).

This is just an excerpt from Chapter Two of the ebook, The Woman Question. You can place order for the complete book. If you are in UK or US, you can order it from Amazon Kindle.

Hear is the link, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0WX4RO.


ABOUT THE BOOK
This timely book addresses the following questions;
Should Christian Women put on trousers even to church?

Should they pray with their head uncovered?

Should they make up or put on jewelry?

Should they fix their hair or wear attachment of any kind?

Are they permitted to preach or teach in Church?

Are they subject to men in general?

Should they obey their husband in all things?

As much as it is imperative for all women professing to be Christians to dress decently, does this act of decency has to do with a particular style of dress? Is there any prescribed Biblical manner Christian Women should dress? Diverse belief on this subject is a major cause of disunity in the body of Christ today. Can the church be brought to a unity of faith on this subject? The answer is yes because the ultimate goal of the role of ministry is, “….For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: (Ephesians 4:12-13)

What about the issue of head covering, make-up and the putting on of jewelry? This book will guide you through critical scriptural analysis of all these questions.

The argument presented in this book is substantiated by about 300 scripture references and it is therefore not the author’s personal opinion but an exposition of divine revelation.

The book is divided into two parts, Part One and Part Two. Part one exclusively deals with the issue of trousers while part two is devoted to the other questions highlighted above.

In as much as Deut 22:5 is Mosaic's law, for the fact that the issue of dressing came up again in 1Timothy 2:9 shows that the culture of dressing is relevant to the Christian's way of life- as this can make or mar a Christian's entry into heaven. Therefore, the topic of discuss can not be put away but most be properly understood