Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him. Let it cling to him both outwardly and inwardly—inwardly, as the penetrating oil; outwardly, as the everyday dress. And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
The "girdle" or "waistcloth" was even more inseparable from the wearer than his beged, his "cloak" or "wrap."