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The penalty for breaking Deuteronomy 22:5 (cross dressing) is the same as for Deuteronomy 22:11 (wearing clothing made from linen and wool).
The penalty for breaking Deuteronomy 22:5 (cross dressing) is the same as for Deuteronomy 22:11 (wearing clothing made from linen and wool).
==What about Paul's admonition for women to dress modestly?==
! Timothy 2:9-10 tells us:
:''Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with '''proper clothing, modestly and discreetly,''' not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, 10 but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness.<ref>New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition: Paragraph Version (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), 1 Ti 2:9–10.</ref>
We have been told that the Greek word for "clothing" used here (καταστολή katastolē)


==Conclusion==
==Conclusion==