Babylonish garment

A robe of rich colours fabricated at Babylon, and hence of great value (Josh. 7:21).

literally “robe of Shinar,” (Joshua 7:21) an ample robe, probably made of the skin or fur of an animal, comp. (Genesis 25:25) and ornamented with embroidery or perhaps a variegated garment with figures inwoven in the fashion for which the Babylonians were celebrated.

bab-i-lo'-nish gar'ment: In the King James Version, Jos 7:21, for BABYLONISH MANTLE, which see.